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ORIGINAL: Jorge_Stanbury

Would floatplanes based on a ship, lets say a cruiser or AV or CS, fly their mission normally when the ship is disbanded at port?

I always thought it was better to rebase the squadron to base, but just want to confirm

ORIGINAL: Jorge_Stanbury

but if the base runs out of supply (or doesn't have any to begin), it should take from the tender... right?? I think that is the case, but will want to hear otherwise

is there any penalty for launching from a disbanded ship?

a big disadvantage of keeping them embraked is that the squadrons will share the fate of the ship; if the ship is destroyed on port then the float plane squadrons will also sink

ORIGINAL: Jorge_Stanbury
on a dot or under developed base it is preferable to keep them on base, as this reduces the chance of them sinking with the ship

ORIGINAL: GetAssista

ORIGINAL: Jorge_Stanbury
on a dot or under developed base it is preferable to keep them on base, as this reduces the chance of them sinking with the ship

It is my impression that it's very hard to sink a ship disbanded in a dot base. First, an enemy needs to get his attention on that insignificant dot, then recon and probably see ships there, then strike a very small target with port attack. PLanes on ships do not show up as airbase sign on the map AFAIK so there is yet another detection difficulty for the enemy

ORIGINAL: GetAssista

ORIGINAL: Jorge_Stanbury
on a dot or under developed base it is preferable to keep them on base, as this reduces the chance of them sinking with the ship

It is my impression that it's very hard to sink a ship disbanded in a dot base. First, an enemy needs to get his attention on that insignificant dot, then recon and probably see ships there, then strike a very small target with port attack. PLanes on ships do not show up as airbase sign on the map AFAIK so there is yet another detection difficulty for the enemy

ORIGINAL: Jorge_Stanbury

I think no, but I am not 100% sure,

from time to time you might see the anchor symbol on a port that is not under recon, but I have no clue on why

In this example from my Allies Aug-42 game, the only port in which I can see ships disbanded is Sapporo; deep inside Japanese territory



I have good naval search on places like the central or SW pacific and I cannot see any ship disbanded on Rabaul or Tarawa; my naval search reaches these 2 ports easily

This shows me that you might get intel randomly, but don't rely on naval search to tell if a port is empty.

You can use coast watchers reports, then send recon missions to confirm; if you lack recon planes, you can use bombers or fighter bombers; better if they have cameras

ORIGINAL: Jorge_Stanbury

coast watchers tell me that something is there;
what they report is usually wrong, but I know something is there

ORIGINAL: dr.hal

One of the advantages of landing seaplanes from their mother ship to a shore facility is getting around weather. Seaplanes on ships don't operate unless weather conditions permit, which is not often (it seems to me, anecdotally that conditions have to be pretty good). If they are put ashore they seem to operate much like shore based aircraft, meaning in weather conditions that would prevent them launching from a ship. Thus I often put my seaplanes ashore so I can maximize their contribution, be it search, recon or ASW (or even cap). If I'm wrong in my "prediction" about weather impact, I sure which someone would reacclimatize me.

ORIGINAL: Alfred

This is correct in terms of the game.

Alfred