@Fishmoto37:
@calvinhobbesliker:
With the Minor IC’s, the US can’t build too many ships.
The minor ICs do not make much difference. First round the U.S. can build one CV, one DD and one f6f to place in sea zone 10. Plus two f6fs to place in central U.S. (52 IPCs) Second round they can build one CV, one BB and one DD in sea zone 10 and one f6f in central U.S. (52 IPCs) Fly the two f6fs from central U.S. that were purchased in the first round and add the original setup fleet and look what you have to start round three with. If my figures are correct you will have 3 fully loaded CVs, 2 BBs, 2 CAs, 4 DDs, 1 transport and 1 sub. All of this and the U.S. is not even at war yet.
Someone brought to my attention that I had made a small player error in this post. I had thought that the cost of a CV was 14 IPCs. Oh well no big deal. Ths first round the U.S. can actually build two CVs and one DD in zone 10. Then one f6f in central U.S. Fly the two f6fs from Hawaii and one f6f with one SBD from west U.S. to land on the new CVs. Round two purchase one CV, one BB and one DD for zone 10. Plus one f6f to place on the east coast. Fly the f6f in the central U.S. and the original f6f from the east coast to zone 10 to place on the new CV. At the conclusion of round two you could have 4 fully loaded CVs, 2 BBs, 2 CAs, 3 DDs and 1 sub. That is an impressive fleet in anybodies book. That is enough to keep the Japanese honest. By the way, I dont use the P38s for carriers. Just for my land based planes. They look funky on carriers.