KJF

[rjclayton]

having your US sub retreat (J1) pearl attack, and make its way to Japan to disrupt transports on US1 could also work on revised.

I think you were the one to bring up revised...

[LT04]

Its hard to say if we were talking classic, revised we had so many flash backs, flash aheads, and a couple of flash side ways. With classic rules lets say the SUB can be spared the first round and submerge or retreat to the US West coast, only if Japan does a Pearl lite attack. On US 1 you could then counter with 1 SUB, 1 Battleship, and 1 TRAN as fodder, to be reinforced with what ever else the US chose to buy (assuming navy due to the KJF).

-LT04

[rjclayton]

With classic rules lets say the SUB can be spared the first round and submerge or retreat to the US West coast

Submerge doesn't happen in classic.  So we'll say the sub withdraws to the US West Coast.

if Japan does a Pearl lite attack. On US 1 you could then counter with 1 SUB, 1 Battleship, and 1 TRAN as fodder, to be reinforced with what ever else the US chose to buy (assuming navy due to the KJF).

The question is, if Japan did Pearl Lite, what is there to counter?  Maybe nothing.  See my earlier post about a US counter of 1 sub 1 trn 1 bb at Wake against a Japan fleet of 1 ac 2 fgt 2 bb.  Disastrous for the US.

[LT04]

Yeah after reviewing the situation at length I have come o the conclusion I've lost my d*** mind. Your right what was I thinking. At least what ever is left would give the US a good starter nave consisting of:

1 SUB (the one that retreated the Pearl lite attack)
1 BB on the US west coast
1 TRN also on the US west coast.
plus what ever else they start with in the Atlantic.

-LT04

[rjclayton]

Definitely, and not a bad option for the US either.  That sub can represent useful fodder in a later battle instead of just leaving it to die at pearl on J1.