30.05.2009, 16:40
Has anyone looked into replacing the generic US Carrier in one of the unified installer updates? The generic US Carrier is just a copy of the post-overhaul USS Saratoga which is already in the game and makes this choice of Generic US Carrier historically useless.
There were only two Lexington Class Fleet Carriers built:
CV3 USS Saratoga commisioned first followed by CV2 USS Lexington.
Each began with 4 turrets of twin 8" guns, a pair on each end of the Island.
The game's USS Lexington is accurate up to April 1942 when her 8" guns were hastily removed during an availability because it was determined that the 8" guns were useless against aircraft. The 8" guns were replaced by quad 1" AA gun batteries (referred to as "Chicago Pianos") in the locations previously occupied by the 8" gun turrets . This was her configuration during the Coral Sea where she was sunk a month after receiving these new guns batteries.
The game's USS Saratoga is accurate after her Bremerton Washington overhaul in March or April 1942 where the 8" guns were replaced by four 5" twin dual Purpose gun turrets. She kept this configuration for the remainder of the war.
I think better options for a US Generic carrier would be to:
1. Change the generic carrier to a generic Essex Class Carrier
2. Change the generic carrier to a generic Yorktown Class (Yorktown, Enterprise, Hornet)
3. Choose options 1 & 2.
Just my thoughts
There were only two Lexington Class Fleet Carriers built:
CV3 USS Saratoga commisioned first followed by CV2 USS Lexington.
Each began with 4 turrets of twin 8" guns, a pair on each end of the Island.
The game's USS Lexington is accurate up to April 1942 when her 8" guns were hastily removed during an availability because it was determined that the 8" guns were useless against aircraft. The 8" guns were replaced by quad 1" AA gun batteries (referred to as "Chicago Pianos") in the locations previously occupied by the 8" gun turrets . This was her configuration during the Coral Sea where she was sunk a month after receiving these new guns batteries.
The game's USS Saratoga is accurate after her Bremerton Washington overhaul in March or April 1942 where the 8" guns were replaced by four 5" twin dual Purpose gun turrets. She kept this configuration for the remainder of the war.
I think better options for a US Generic carrier would be to:
1. Change the generic carrier to a generic Essex Class Carrier
2. Change the generic carrier to a generic Yorktown Class (Yorktown, Enterprise, Hornet)
3. Choose options 1 & 2.
Just my thoughts
-)-MAILMAN-
