The most overmodeled ride in AH!

[Pongo]

As close as I can tell The escorts in the fleet are modeled on 1945 version TE class DE(Destroyer Escort) that have been modified to have 2 * 5" 38 caliber enclosed turrents.
If they were TEV or WGT class escorts that where intended to have the 2 * 5" inch gun houses then they would have a triple 21inch torpedo tube as well. (which they don't)
So the question is...
How do these things go so fast. Estimating the speed to be the same as the max speed of the carrier(based on how long it takes a PT to catch them).  That has them going 33 knots.
Well the US DEs where designed to go only 23 knots.
Big deal you say. 10 knots. 12 mph or so?
But to get a 1800 ton hull to go those extra knots whould take how much more HP?
Not an expert on such things but the closest match I could find was the German 1939 type torpedo boat. 1700 or so tones and (100 tones lighter) but needs 29000 hp to generate 32.5 knots.
The DE has 12000 hp.
DEs where escorting slow merchent convoys not carrier task groups. Fleet destroyers (DD) would be used to escort carriers.
They are capable of up to 38 knots. And they have 60000 hp to make that speed.
I suppose it is a logical conclusion that a carrier would be escorted by "Escort" destroyers. They where not however capable of doing so. Too slow. They are designed to be able too run down submerged Subs.

Then they develop merchant convoys they can have manned DEs to escort them and swap the Graphic of a Fletcher Class DD into the fleet.

[Hans]

They're supposed to be Fletcher class destroyers, but HT and Pyro subsituted a DE instead.  It was in one of Pyro's December news posts just before 1.05 came out, like a week ahead of Christmas or something.

I don't know why, but I assume it has to do with either too much AA or maybe the torpedo launchers.

I know they're too fast, but I don't loose any sleep over it.

Hans.

[bloom25]

Pyro and HT were bored a couple days before 1.05 came out, so they decided to do take out that old engine and put in a spare reactor salvaged from Enterprise during her 1995 refit.  



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