Requirements for TF creation

[Kingfisher]

I remember reading somewhere that the AI will not release a capital ship from either PH or Truk until it has 4 DDs to send along as escorts, or something to that effect.

Does this minimum requirement for escorts also carry over to the AI when it creates TFs?

I just finished scenario #14 and was surprised to see every BB in the Japanese inventory (minus Haruna which sank earlier) laid up in Truk. Also present were a few CVEs, CAs and a couple of logistic types. One thing notably absent were DDs, which were sunk long ago.

On a related note, does the AI "know" to disband and reassemble TFs as the situation dictates, or does it work with whatever it had at start up + arrivals and use them even if heavily depleted?

[tocaff]

I'm not sure what the AI "thinks" about TFs, though I have noticed that it tends to run ships into the ground (accumulating sys damage through wear & tear).

[anarchyintheuk]

I would doubt that the AI 'knows' to cycle dds through Truk to release capital ships.