Comments by "Patrick Donnolley" (@ph89787) on "Battle of the Philippine Sea - What if Admiral Lee sailed west?" video.

  1. So just like in your Task Force 34 video. Lee would have been responsible for the near single handed extinction of the Kongo-Class.
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  2. 13:02. Correct me if I’m wrong Drach. But isn’t Air Group 10 aboard USS Enterprise trained for night operations? So even in a night engagement, Lee would still have had air support. The only issue would be that they’ve only conducted a night attack on land and stationary ship targets. During Operation Hailstone.
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  3.  @Drachinifel  thanks Drach.
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  4.  @thomasknobbe4472  best combination would have been Spruance as the overall fleet commander and Halsey in charge of the Carriers.
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  5. That was at Leyte Gulf.
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  6. The same man who advocated to reducing the order for Alaska-Class Super Saiyan Cruisers for more carriers.
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  7. I was waiting for the Kantai collection comments to show up
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  8. More like Halsey forgot. Go back through his service between December 7 1941 and 1943 and there are instances where the man did exercise caution.
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  9. Yep and Indianapolis was attached to Task Group 58.3. Which happened to have Mitscher’s flagship Lexington
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  10.  @tomdolan9761  that was Okinawa
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  11. The issue was that the carriers only had night fighters (F6F-3Ns and F4U-2s). Also while there were night qualifications for the pilots. Only Air Group 10 aboard USS Enterprise had the experience to launch a night strike and the “Big E” was the only carrier with experience for night ops.
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