I've already seen the Japanese hit mines at both Rabaul and in Hong Kong (a minesweeper hit one in Hong Kong - HAR!). Any idea what kind of density you would need to maintain before you actually stand a legitimate chance of having something hit? My math was so far off on supply ("Oh, sure. You'll have convoys of 700,000 supply all the time") that I'm afraid I off the mark by a factor of 10 or 100.
You know, I've got another question. I lost a DD to unknown causes, which I'm guessing might have been a mine (or sub). So this made me wonder about submarine mining around PH. How would I know if there are any just waiting for the lovely Lady Lex? I assume that the hex won't show a mine symbol until the field is discovered. Can it be found by, say, recon or ASW search? Or does one only find it when a ship goes Kablooey? If you send a minesweeper out on do not retire for a series of hexes, will it spot minefields?
