"Vicente Vazquez" wrote in message
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"Keith Willshaw" escreveu na mensagem
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Given the 24 hour warning time, where would you position the
carriers that were out at sea and why? Offensive or defensive?
They were too far way to make an effective counterstrike or defense.

Keith,

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but AFAIK, the Enterprise had some of
its Dauntless (VS-6) on patrol while on her way to Pearl when they were
engaged by jap planes returning to the carriers. One of them (pilot was
Ensign McCarthy, IIRC) was shot down. Devastators from VT-6 were launched
to
find and attack the jap force, but their search was fruitless. With a 24h
advanced warning, could the Enterprise be put in a "favorable" position to
attack the jap force, if this could be located? Did she have enough
"firepower" to do face the jap fleet alone?


I think the likely outcome would have been the loss of the Enterprise
and her air crews, a far more valuable asset than the old battleships
that were lost.

Keith