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RE: What ships are best used for what?
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 8:42 pm
by leehunt27@bloomberg.net
Minor point:
SS-- The american subs are useless at the beginning, so i use them to transport emergency troops and supplies and lay tons of mines around islands like Midway and Johnston...
RE: What ships are best used for what?
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 9:27 pm
by niceguy2005
ORIGINAL:
leehunt27@bloomberg.net
Minor point:
SS-- The american subs are useless at the beginning, so i use them to transport emergency troops and supplies and lay tons of mines around islands like Midway and Johnston...
The US main fleet subs are terrible anti-shipping, but the S-boats can be very good. Also, the fleet subs are useless. They are great pickets and spies to see what the Japanese are doing. They can be the eyes and ears early in the war.
RE: What ships are best used for what?
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 9:29 pm
by DuckofTindalos
US fleet boats are far from useless. People look at the 80% dud rate, and forget that this is PER TORPEDO FIRED. You've got 27 boats in Manilla on 12/7, and they can launch an awful lot of attacks. You will get hits. I've gotten lots of them.
RE: What ships are best used for what?
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 9:35 pm
by niceguy2005
ORIGINAL: Terminus
US fleet boats are far from useless. People look at the 80% dud rate, and forget that this is PER TORPEDO FIRED. You've got 27 boats in Manilla on 12/7, and they can launch an awful lot of attacks. You will get hits. I've gotten lots of them.
Right you are Terminus. I'm having my usual typing problems. I meant to say "far from useless." If an Allied player positions the subs well, he will get hits. Personally, I like to use my S-boats for that and the long legged fleet subs for picket and recon, at least in the opening 6 moths.
In my PBEM an S-boat hit the Akagi, sent it to the repair yards and chased the KB out of the DEI.
RE: What ships are best used for what?
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:40 pm
by Rob Brennan UK
Oh T .. the pain factor though !
Watching a japanese CV/BB/CA in the sights of SS "named" and you just know 120% for absolute sure they will fire duds or miss [:D].
With SS "KX" "s-" "truant or trusty" maybe a large BANG [;)].
so spare yourself the pain and use them, for mining/rescuing dutch BF;s and the 4TH USMC div from manilla .. soo much more useful and a LOT less painful ..
RE: What ships are best used for what?
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 5:58 pm
by Sardaukar
AEs are neat things to base to forward base and replenish Bombardment TFs. Can "nuke" lot more that way..[:D]