Obviously the carriers not being in port during the attack was critical. But I was wondering what would the battleships have been used for had they not been damaged or the attack had not happened at all and we had entered the war under different circumstances. Maybe a more realistic question is what if only 4 or 2 battleships were present?
This is intended as a question of fleet utilization (for lack of a better description). I didn't ask this under the 'what if?' thread because the outcome of the war is not in question.
Convoy escort duty? Seems they would have been vulnerable for shore bombardment in any area wuthout air supremacy. Maybe the answer lies in looking at what the Maryland and Tennessee did once they were repaired having been lightly damaged?
This is intended as a question of fleet utilization (for lack of a better description). I didn't ask this under the 'what if?' thread because the outcome of the war is not in question.
Convoy escort duty? Seems they would have been vulnerable for shore bombardment in any area wuthout air supremacy. Maybe the answer lies in looking at what the Maryland and Tennessee did once they were repaired having been lightly damaged?