"The Blue Max" wrote in message
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"William Hughes" wrote in message
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On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 23:23:44 GMT, in rec.aviation.military "The Blue
Max"
wrote:
"Keith Willshaw" wrote


Why dont they have to wonder about the US Atlantic fleet ?

How many CVs did it consist of? Not much else is going to catch them.

During WWII, Atlantic Fleet only had one full time fleet carrier (sort
of) -
CV-4 RANGER. CV-5 YORKTOWN moved to the Pacific in December '41. CV-7
WASP
was
there until early 1942, when she transferred to the Pacific. The rest of
the
U.S. carrier presence in the Atlantic consisted primarily of the
SANGAMON
and
BOGUE class escort carriers, with a few CASABLANCA and COMMENCEMENT BAY
class
ships.

That's what I figured. The USN didn't acquire really huge numbers of CVs
till late 43 / early 44 IIRC, which is why the appearance of two in the
Atlantic would have been such a pain.


You are making several false assumptions here, the biggest of these
is that the USN would have the same dispositions in your
fantasy world as in real life. It emphatically would not, as its
history show it reacts to the threats posed. In 1941 because
the Kriegsmarine was largely contained it was able to strip
many units from the Atlantic fleet to bolster the Pacific, indeed
even the Brtish carrier Victorious was temporarily attached to the
Pacific carrier force in 1942.

Keith


In fact Germany contemplated 9 CVx at various times, but if they'd
actually
built them I suspect the USN would have noticed and done something about
it...


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