Post by nagato01 on Feb 21, 2019 3:47:42 GMT
I was watching a video on the older standard type battleships (Navada class) and I was playing with the idea of what if Japanese damage at Pearl Harbor had been so superficial to the Battlefleet (either because of US preparedness due to intercepting radio traffic or luck) that they would have been ready for war within a couple of months. I doubt the US having seen the power of the carrier and knowing the slow speed of the standard type battleships at 21 knots would have tried to employ these ships against the Japanese. They would however have made excellent convoy escorts across the Atlantic/Arctic providing cover against German raiders. This to me (aside from shore-bombardment and becoming floating AA farms) seems like a rational use the allies would have had for these ships had they been ready to fight more quickly. What do you guys think?
