A few Pearl Harbor what-ifs...

[Sea Skimmer]

quote="Kitsune"]
It is mostly just random exploration. I have a source which indicates that Lexington and Enterprise were deployed in the Pacific but not exact positions.[/quote]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e ... rChart.jpg

Keep in mind the dates are Tokyo time, so the attack took place on December 8th

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One item I am not sure is the weather of that exact time. Given bad enough weather, the Standards might be able to at least outrun the destroyers.[/quote]

Standards wont travel faster then there own destroyer and cruiser screen can, and Japanese destroyers are better sea boats on average. That’s why so many of them only have one turret forward and a nice high bow. The Japanese themselfs had orders to leave the destroyers behind if during the run in they could not be refueled because of bad weather.

Couple links to details of the Japanese planning and orders issued for the attack.
http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/monos/097/index.html http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/USS ... PTO-2.html