Posted by DaninKansas on December 08, 2014 at 09:41:44 from (24.248.193.103):
In Reply to: Re: Pearl Harbor Day posted by Harvey2 on December 07, 2014 at 06:52:53:
Yep. Moved the Pacific fleet to Pearl against the advice of senior admirals (even sacked one for saying it) that warned Pearl Harbor was not the place to base the fleet given its exposure and difficulty in keeping supplied. Putting the fleet in Pearl Harbor in 1940 was like jutting you chin out in prize fight and daring the other guy to punch it.
All the major repairs and refits had to be done state side - meaning half floating ships had to be towed from Hawaii to the west coast for repairs. Oklahoma was lost in tow and other major ships were just lucky (like the California).
The fleet sent to Pearl was in a sad state of repair. The newest battleships were nearly 20 years old - the oldest nearly 30 years old. The ENTIRE antiaircraft suite on the Oklahoma consisted on 4 50 caliber M2 machine guns - a joke under any condition - even during WW1. Even worse is the fact the US couldn't send it battleships into battle zones months after they had been updated (like the Maryland) they were held back from the fighting because the US couldn't keep them fueled - not enough fleet oilers existed. Lacking heavies cruisers fought the bloody gun battles in the Solomans while battleships cruised off the west coast on training missions.
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