Simple Newpe Question - Tenders

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: ggeilman

So I am unclear as to what to do with it once it gets there:

Create Support TF, to Billiton, Home Port: Billiton (Set up Seaplane base at Billiton)

The ship is now at Billiton, now what?

That depends upon what you what to do.

[Timotheus]

I just want to paste this masterpiece, and you gave me an occasion.

What to do with all those tenders click me

[Kull]

ORIGINAL: ggeilman

So I am unclear as to what to do with it once it gets there:

Create Support TF, to Billiton, Home Port: Billiton (Set up Seaplane base at Billiton)

The ship is now at Billiton, now what?

Disband it. If you look at the Billiton Base screen, you'll see it has no air support capability. But after you move AVP Poolster there and disband it, the base (or rather the AVP) will now support a small floatplane unit....which - as the Dutch - you have many of. And that's a good location to place some floatplanes who can search and identify incoming enemy Task Forces.

[HansBolter]

ORIGINAL: Kull

ORIGINAL: ggeilman

So I am unclear as to what to do with it once it gets there:

Create Support TF, to Billiton, Home Port: Billiton (Set up Seaplane base at Billiton)

The ship is now at Billiton, now what?

Disband it. If you look at the Billiton Base screen, you'll see it has no air support capability. But after you move AVP Poolster there and disband it, the base (or rather the AVP) will now support a small floatplane unit....which - as the Dutch - you have many of. And that's a good location to place some floatplanes who can search and identify incoming enemy Task Forces.

It doesn't have to be disbanded, but it will be safer if it does.

Float Plane and Flying Boat support derived from Float Plane Tenders is added to the overall Base AV support numbers whether, or not the ships are disbanded, or in Task Forces.

The benefit derived from being disbanded is being hidden from Naval Search and opportunistic Naval Air Attack, not to mention submarine attack. Being disbanded requires the opposing force to Bomb, or Bombard the port to get at them.

[BBfanboy]

Just to be clear - the + air support added by an AV/AVD/AVP is only usable by float planes or patrol aircraft that land on the water. It does not help with LBA.

EDIT: I should add that air support in an LCU at the base WILL work on patrol and float planes stationed at the base. It might require at least a level 1 Port so that the aircraft on the water can move up to a dock for servicing. Some Patrol aircraft are amphibians, able to taxi up onto land. Later models of the PBY Catalina can do this.

About being disbanded in port - the enemy would normally have to fly a recon flight over the base to know the AV type was there, but might deduce which base the patrol planes are coming from by looking at the detection level on the shipping he has in the area.