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Originally posted by The Rock Doctor
South Africa appears to view carriers as defensive tools, at least during the early '20s. If so, embarked aircraft will consist of fighters and scouts/light bombers. Larger bombers and torpedo bombers may not come around for a little while.
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Originally posted by The Rock Doctor
1) As the size of the airgroup is the square root of the ship's miscellaneous weight, larger carriers are not necessarily the most efficient way to maximize your fleet air arm.
2) Carriers are vulnerable to catastrophes. A single torpedo set off an avgas explosion that destroyed Taiho; Lexington had a not dis-similar fate. And the Japanese carriers at Midway suffered as badly as they did because they happened to have fueled and loaded strike forces on deck. Heck, even one good hole in the deck results in a mission-kill. But the cost of a catastrophe is less if the carrier is smaller.
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Originally posted by The Rock Doctor
I'd suggest South Africa begin its building program with a pair of small carriers - 10,000 tons. You can put 30 kts, 30-40 planes, and a couple inches of deck armor on that size of hull. If the airgroup is mostly fighters, that's enough to fend off a strike force from a 22,000 ship.
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Originally posted by The Rock Doctor
These "jeep carriers" won't be first-rate combat units, but later in life, they'll still make effective escort carriers for convoys, training, ASW work, and so forth. Early on, they can also exercise against each other to develop your anti-carrier doctrine.
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Originally posted by The Rock Doctor
After that, step up to an evolving series of medium carriers. I'd be thinking six 15,000 ships, built in pairs a few years apart. A ship of this size can do 31+ knots, carry 50 - 60 aircraft, and mount 2 to 3 inches of deck armor. These would be large enough to carry mixed strike forces and have an offensive role.
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Originally posted by HoOmAn
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Originally posted by The Rock Doctor
These "jeep carriers" won't be first-rate combat units, but later in life, they'll still make effective escort carriers for convoys, training, ASW work, and so forth. Early on, they can also exercise against each other to develop your anti-carrier doctrine.
I always wanted to know one thing: Where does the term "jeep carrier" come from?
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