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Originally posted by ShinRa_Inc
I do have a general request for my fellow players; I'm a bit swamped between offline issues and having to write up the Fleet problem, so I'm not going to be able to write up port visits; If the various hot players could just include some mentions in their own news, it'd be appreciated.
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Around 20 knots; admittedly faster than normal cruise speeds, part of the justification of the cruise is to demonstrate the ability for sustained high-speed cruising. Honestly, I didn't do much in the way of actual math, I just went off some figures I remembered for transit times when I recently read Stillwell's books on the New Jersey and Missouri's careers. Basing the times on the Hood & Renown's historical cruise would probably be more accurate, but that would've had the cruise taking up pretty much the entire year.
I-400 seems a poor comparison; A wartime submarine cruise with a max speed of 18 knots surfaced, 6 knots submerged will tend to take more time than a peacetime transit cruise comprised of generally modern fast combatants (the oldest ships participating are your own Hosho and the USN Columbias)
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Originally posted by Rooijen10
Actually, I-400 is on her shakedown cruise and is going around the world without making a single fuel stop. Due to that (and since it makes things easier for me to calculate), she's sticking to an average of 14 knots. I-400's Halifax-Yokosuka (non-stop) trip is 8000nm shorter than yours (18642nm vs 26366nm). She passes Halifax 18 days before the departure of your fleet, yet despite the massive detour of your fleet and all the many stops, your ships arrive 13 days after I-400 at Yokosuka.
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Originally posted by Rooijen10
Some rough calculations... subtracting the time of all your stops from the total travelling time, you're looking at an average of 22.2 knots for the section between Halifax and Yokosuka. At that average speed, your DDs have a range of 1500nm which might be a little bit of a problem as Capetown-Rio de Janeiro is about 3200nm, Lima-Honolulu 5150nm and Honolulu-Yokosuka 3350nm. Some of the CLs have the same problem with the range.
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Originally posted by Rooijen10
Might be an idea to attach an oiler to the group... or leave those short-ranged ships at home.
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Originally posted by ShinRa_Inc
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Originally posted by Rooijen10
Some rough calculations... subtracting the time of all your stops from the total travelling time, you're looking at an average of 22.2 knots for the section between Halifax and Yokosuka. At that average speed, your DDs have a range of 1500nm which might be a little bit of a problem as Capetown-Rio de Janeiro is about 3200nm, Lima-Honolulu 5150nm and Honolulu-Yokosuka 3350nm. Some of the CLs have the same problem with the range.
The only DDs involved are the Iroquois class DDs; 4000nm at 15 knots, and Lantean J class; 5400nm at 15 kts . I don't think the efficiency dropoff is quite that drastic at 20-22 knots. Regardless...
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