Thread: what if........The 5 aircraft carriers were based in Pearl Harbor and Japan sunk them
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Default Re: what if........The 5 aircraft carriers were based in Pearl Harbor and Japan sunk them
One other possibility that hasn't been mentioned is that the US gets one or more carriers on loan from the Royal Navy. This was actually discussed during the early part of the Pacific War. The USN eventually decided not to take a British carrier because they felt that the smaller air wing, differences in equipment, and lower performance of the ship in general were not worth putting one in US service. In a more desperate situation I could see the US taking this option up.
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