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Originally Posted by TiredOldSoldier
A raiding squadron is not going to sail unless 100% operative, any damage will delay the squadron's departure so any hit counts. IMO as the battleships keep the main gun ammo on board they are more vulnerable to secondary damage than the CV (as historically happened to Gneisenau).
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If a BB keeps it's main gun ammo on board you don't think a CV will keep it's bombs and torpedoes? Perhaps even it's avgas? In any case lighter bombs can cause deck damage to CVs. Lighter means a bomber can carry more and increased the P(H). The BBs proved vulnerable early war at Brest I see no reason to assume CVs wouldn't as well.
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... Japanese attacks had massive loses to CAP as early as 1942 with sometimes only one or two planes managing to actually launch,....
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But some attacks also pretty much got in free. And how big a CAP can the Germans keep in the air? And how will they deal with night time raids?