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AE – Ammunition Ship
Rearms ships while underway, however, underway rearming is only available in 1945 – until then AEs function as AKE.

Use #1 – Provide underway rearming (1945).
Use #2: Provide rearming at base with small port, including bases with a port size 0.
Low priority uses: transport cargo.

Note: Rearming consumes supplies. Therefore, an AE must have supply onboard to rearm ships.
Note: If you want to rearm from an AE in port, disband (i.e., anchor) an AE in port with supply cargo and then select “Replenish at Sea” on the TF you want to rearm [forum Don Bowen 11/18/2009].

Note: If an AE with supply cargo is disbanded in a port and a rearming TF selects “Replenish from Port”, the rearming TF will only draw on the AE’s supplies if the port does not have sufficient supplies to complete the rearming [forum Don Bowen 11/18/2009].
Note: AEs cannot rearm mines or 46cm/45 T94, and can only rearm weapons with a Weapon Rearm Cost less than or equal to the AE’s cargo capacity [20.1.2.2]. For example, the US AE Pyro Class ships have a cargo capacity of 3600 and therefore cannot arm weapons larger than 14in/45 Mk VII.
Note: AEs cannot enhance or augment a port’s capability to rearm weapons [forum Don Bowen 4/28/2010].
Note: AEs can rearm at a base and do not require a port (e.g., a friendly colored dot base with a port size of 0) [forum Don Bowen 9/6/2009].
Note: AEs can rearm carrier sorties, including carrier torpedo sorties [20.1.2.2].

ORIGINAL: bradfordkay

"If you want to rearm from an AE in port, disband (i.e., anchor) an AE in port with supply cargo and then select “Replenish at Sea” on the TF you want to rearm [forum Don Bowen 11/18/2009]. "

I just had Yorktown and Saratoga re-arm in a level 1 port from a Replenishment TF that included an AE. It was not disbanded in the port, just happened to be in the port hex with the TFs that had the carriers. This is a game that is only in Jan '42, DBB scenario 29.

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: bradfordkay

"If you want to rearm from an AE in port, disband (i.e., anchor) an AE in port with supply cargo and then select “Replenish at Sea” on the TF you want to rearm [forum Don Bowen 11/18/2009]. "

I just had Yorktown and Saratoga re-arm in a level 1 port from a Replenishment TF that included an AE. It was not disbanded in the port, just happened to be in the port hex with the TFs that had the carriers. This is a game that is only in Jan '42, DBB scenario 29.

This is like tankers which cannot replenish from their main tanks at sea (they can from the ship's own bunkers), but once their TF is in port things are calm enough for other ships to come alongside and fuel.

I have been playing this game for years and knew from experience that support ships of all kinds in port can provide support whether they are disbanded or still in a TF. The developer's statement must have been the original intention for how it would work but somewhere along the line it got changed to just check that the support ship was in port, not whether it was disbanded or no.

ORIGINAL: Leandros


Question: Is there a way to convert ships to AE's during the game.

ORIGINAL: Yaab

No, by capacity. The two above have 3733 capacity each. Search for all xAK with this capacity and all should have the option to convert to AE class.

ORIGINAL: Yaab

No, by capacity. The two above have 3733 capacity each. Search for all xAK with this capacity and all should have the option to convert to AE class.

ORIGINAL: Yaab

No, by capacity. The two above have 3733 capacity each. Search for all xAK with this capacity and all should have the option to convert to AE class.