RIMPAC
January 2nd, 2009 From
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> >> >> the CV Independence was “sunk,” by a Chilean sub, > >
> >This brings into remembrance the old wargame story about how U.S.
> >Navy officials would “not allow” carriers to get sunk in wargames.
> >Although I’m not sure whether this applied to paper exercises only or did
> >it also include fleet maneuvers?
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> >Tracy Johnson
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>No doubt wiser heads can fill in this one better than I, but US CVs were
>most certainly sunk in fleet exercises of the 1930’s. The lessons that the
>USN drew was that a carrier engagement would be chaotic, fast and very
>violent for carriers. Not a bad description of 1942 I’d say. The admirals
>didn’t get it all right prior to Pearl Harbor, but I think they earned their
>supper during the 1930’s.
>Eric Bergerud, 531 Kains Ave, Albany CA 94706, 510-525-0930