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ORIGINAL: m10bob

I really appreciate the research you guys are doing..Adding quite a bit to my personal database...

ORIGINAL: Barb

and Errata for Destroyer Escorts:
Evarts GMT:
DE-25 Wintle - not in game

Buckley TE:
DE-636 Witter - should arrive as DE, in game arrives as APD
DE-637 Bowers - should arrive as DE, in game arrives as APD
(both ships were converted to APDs while in repairs after being hit by kamikaze)

Cannon DET: - not in game
DE-168 Amick
DE-171 Caroll
DE-172 Cooner
DE-176 Micka
DE-180 Trumpeter
DE-181 Straub
DE-182 Gustafson
DE-763 Cates
DE-765 Earl K.Olsen
DE-766 Slater

Edsall FMR: - not in game
DE-130 Jacob Jones
DE-131 Hammann
DE-132 Robert E.Peary
DE-138 Douglas L.Howard
DE-139 Farquhar
DE-141 Hill
DE-142 Fessenden
DE-144 Frost
DE-145 Huse
DE-148 Brough
DE-238 Stewart
DE-239 Sturtevant
DE-240 Moore
DE-241 Keith
DE-242 Tomich
DE-243 J.Richard Ward
DE-244 Otterseter
DE-245 Sloat
DE-246 Snowden
DE-247 Stanton
DE-248 Swasey
DE-252 Howard D.Crow
DE-255 Sellstrom
DE-329 Kretchmer
DE-335 Daniel
DE-336 Roy O.Hale
DE-337 Dale W.Peterson
DE-338 Martin H.Ray
DE-383 Mills
DE-385 Richey
DE-386 Savage
DE-387 Vance
DE-388 Lansing
DE-389 Durant
DE-390 Calcaterra
DE-391 Chambers
DE-392 Merrill
DE-394 Swenning
DE-395 Willis
DE-396 Janssen
DE-397 Willhoite
DE-398 Cockrill


Rudderow TEV:
(none)

John C.Butler WGT:
DE-360 Johnnie Hutchins - in game as "Hutchins"
DE-423 Duffilho - in game as "Duffilmo"

ORIGINAL: Barb

Ships being transferred from Atlantic to Pacific (like Bogue and DEs, and others):
The game has a time frame up to june 1946-well with operation Downfall timeframe. All those ships transferred undertook heavy duty in Atlantic, undertook repairs and upgrades on the East coast before being sent to the Pacific in july/august 1945.
Why should they not be included in game if they could have helped in the planned Downfall. E.g. Bogue arrived at San Diego on 3rd july 1945. That is almost a year of possible game existence to mid 1946 in game. Why not have her if we have two Midway class carriers that were not even in Pacific in the time frame? I know the scenario designers pushed some things ahead to have them available should the war continue. So why not have also things that really available?

At least that was my reasoning in including these in the list that should have been in Pacific (was ship in commission in theathre between 7.12.1941 and 31.6.1946?).

Anyway, it is up to scenario designer to make his decisions. I got some data, made few "best guess" calculations, or took up data from the original scenario when no other option was available...