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You're certainly right WRT OOC vs. sunk. However USS Yorktown was "taken out of the action" a couple of times in WWII and still put back into the fight and pla
by mpyne 13y ago
You're certainly right WRT OOC vs. sunk.
However USS Yorktown was "taken out of the action" a couple of times in WWII and still put back into the fight and playing very important roles in that fight, before eventually being sunk by a Japanese submarine. So it's definitely fair to say that simply damaging a carrier is not nearly as catastrophic as sinking one.
- bdunbar 13y ago> So it's definitely fair to say that simply damaging a carrier is not nearly as catastrophic as sinking one. It is fair to say that the situations are not equal. If the carrier can't fight, it's out of the battle until it's fixed. Fixable don't count if the war is over in weeks, or months. Fixing a modern carrier might can take a while. Yorktown was not a complex warship. She takes a hit on the deck. Patch up the holes in her deck (I'm simplifying) and she's back in business. Hit Ford in the same location and you damage catapults, arresting gear. Ford is out of the war until she is fixed and this will not happen soon. How long to replace a catapult: I'd guess months at best. Where do they even keep the spares?