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7/1/2025, 5:28:13 PM
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That was because of pic rel. After the reports from the subs came in, Spruance ordered TF 54 (a bunch of old standard battleships) to intercept and destroy the Yamato's flotilla. Even this late in the war, Spruance was keeping to his roots as a big gun navy advocate and was going to pull those battleships off their Shore bombardment duty.
Meanwhile, Admiral Mitscher, who commanded the Fast Carrier Task Force, was getting the same reports from the subs shadowing Yamato. He was an early aviator and had spent the entire war arguing with the battleship officers. He decided this was as good a point as any to shut them the fuck up forever. So without asking for permission, he immediately launched a massive strike on the Japanese. Mitscher only told Spruance about it after it was already on the way.
The whole point was to utterly gang rape the Yamato and emphatically prove that the battleship era was over. Could they have done it with drastically fewer planes? Yes. But that would have taken longer and the point of the massive strike was to make a point.
That was because of pic rel. After the reports from the subs came in, Spruance ordered TF 54 (a bunch of old standard battleships) to intercept and destroy the Yamato's flotilla. Even this late in the war, Spruance was keeping to his roots as a big gun navy advocate and was going to pull those battleships off their Shore bombardment duty.
Meanwhile, Admiral Mitscher, who commanded the Fast Carrier Task Force, was getting the same reports from the subs shadowing Yamato. He was an early aviator and had spent the entire war arguing with the battleship officers. He decided this was as good a point as any to shut them the fuck up forever. So without asking for permission, he immediately launched a massive strike on the Japanese. Mitscher only told Spruance about it after it was already on the way.
The whole point was to utterly gang rape the Yamato and emphatically prove that the battleship era was over. Could they have done it with drastically fewer planes? Yes. But that would have taken longer and the point of the massive strike was to make a point.
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