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In a short answer, YES!dcpollay wrote: Wed Mar 29, 2023 10:51 pm The OP asked about replenishing sortie count, not ammo. I'm curious about this myself. Are sorties included in replenishment?
Thanks! I am currently read Toll's 3 volume account of the Pacific War. I believe Toll mentioned this ability to keep the fleet at sea helped with Leyte Gulf and Halsey's sortie into the South China Sea, which was 10/44. Can this 1/45 date be changed by the editor? If so where?
Okay, if you want a little more verbosity . . .
Ships did not carry an infinite supply of ac ordnance hence the use of sorties, CAP not included. Like ship ordnance, ac ordnance can be resupplied in the normal methods via ports, AEs or AKEs. Resupplying at sea (AE) is not available until 1945 and all three methods have restrictions due to size of port or cargo hold for AK/AKEs as to what can be resupplied. This normally being big stuff like torps of BB shell.
Yes, I understand the mechanics but this 1/45 date, can it be changed via the editor?RangerJoe wrote: Thu Mar 30, 2023 5:11 amOkay, if you want a little more verbosity . . .
The answer for the question that you have asked is simplicity itself as long as the AE and/or AKE has enough supplies available, is in the same hex as the requesting aircraft carrier vessel, the aircraft carrier vessel has sufficient operation points available to be replenished by the supplying vessel, the supplying ship needs to be disbanded in port or in a task force at the port, is not damaged to the extent that the ship can not operate, is not being repaired at pierside nor in a shipyard, and has sufficient operation points available in order to replenish the sorties requested. Some people may also be able to add other factors to this very simple and rather short answer.
You might want to ask that on the Scenario Design Modding forums.Capt Cliff wrote: Thu Mar 30, 2023 1:38 pmYes, I understand the mechanics but this 1/45 date, can it be changed via the editor?RangerJoe wrote: Thu Mar 30, 2023 5:11 amOkay, if you want a little more verbosity . . .
The answer for the question that you have asked is simplicity itself as long as the AE and/or AKE has enough supplies available, is in the same hex as the requesting aircraft carrier vessel, the aircraft carrier vessel has sufficient operation points available to be replenished by the supplying vessel, the supplying ship needs to be disbanded in port or in a task force at the port, is not damaged to the extent that the ship can not operate, is not being repaired at pierside nor in a shipyard, and has sufficient operation points available in order to replenish the sorties requested. Some people may also be able to add other factors to this very simple and rather short answer.
Sorties can, wpn slots 19 and 20 but I doubt very much you can change the re-supply at sea. But why?Capt Cliff wrote: Thu Mar 30, 2023 1:38 pm Yes, I understand the mechanics but this 1/45 date, can it be changed via the editor?
One more follow-up on this...You said, "the supplying ship needs to be disbanded in port or in a task force at the port." So, replenishment must be done at a port location, not out in the middle of the ocean? That doesn't seem right, can you confirm it?RangerJoe wrote: Thu Mar 30, 2023 5:11 amOkay, if you want a little more verbosity . . .
The answer for the question that you have asked is simplicity itself as long as the AE and/or AKE has enough supplies available, is in the same hex as the requesting aircraft carrier vessel, the aircraft carrier vessel has sufficient operation points available to be replenished by the supplying vessel, the supplying ship needs to be disbanded in port or in a task force at the port, is not damaged to the extent that the ship can not operate, is not being repaired at pierside nor in a shipyard, and has sufficient operation points available in order to replenish the sorties requested. Some people may also be able to add other factors to this very simple and rather short answer.
Source: https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-hi ... shment-seaIn late 1944, Admiral Raymond Spruance had begun preparing to bomb the Japanese Home Islands to eliminate the air threat to the planned invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He realized that the primary hurdle to keeping his 12 aircraft carriers and associated escorts on station would not be fuel but rather ammunition. It would take only three days for the ships to expend their ordnance, after which they would have to make a 2,000-nm, 12-day sail to Ulithi Atoll and back—meaning only six days of bombing could occur per month. Admiral Spruance directed the development of a method for transferring ordnance and stores at sea, ultimately approving the Burton Method (named for the development team’s leader, Captain Burton Biggs), an adaptation of the pier-side process that used existing cargo winches on both the delivery ship and aircraft carrier. On 23 February 1945, the USS Shasta (AE-6) conducted the first underway ammunition replenishment, by breaking ammunition out on deck by hand—including rolling bombs across the deck—and then levering it to the USS Bennington (CV-20).
If it were not done at a port location then it would be underway replenishment would would be done as described in the previous post.dcpollay wrote: Fri Mar 31, 2023 11:03 amOne more follow-up on this...You said, "the supplying ship needs to be disbanded in port or in a task force at the port." So, replenishment must be done at a port location, not out in the middle of the ocean? That doesn't seem right, can you confirm it?RangerJoe wrote: Thu Mar 30, 2023 5:11 amOkay, if you want a little more verbosity . . .
The answer for the question that you have asked is simplicity itself as long as the AE and/or AKE has enough supplies available, is in the same hex as the requesting aircraft carrier vessel, the aircraft carrier vessel has sufficient operation points available to be replenished by the supplying vessel, the supplying ship needs to be disbanded in port or in a task force at the port, is not damaged to the extent that the ship can not operate, is not being repaired at pierside nor in a shipyard, and has sufficient operation points available in order to replenish the sorties requested. Some people may also be able to add other factors to this very simple and rather short answer.
I just noticed the But why. It means why do yo want to change it not that you can't.Chris21wen wrote: Fri Mar 31, 2023 6:32 amSorties can, wpn slots 19 and 20 but I doubt very much you can change the re-supply at sea. But why?Capt Cliff wrote: Thu Mar 30, 2023 1:38 pm Yes, I understand the mechanics but this 1/45 date, can it be changed via the editor?