[FreedomPoster]

>>But after more support & supply was authorized it was hell on wheels for the Japs after that.

Also once the U.S. shipbuilding program really kicked in. Task Force 58 / Task Force 38 was just incredible for the last year, year-and-a-half of the war. 17 fleet carriers at the end.

[lapsus calami]

 

 

Had to have the lift capacity to make things happen. That figured prominently in the logistics strategies more than people know. Planners where restricted by how much could be taken where needed, and when. The European theater had priority on shipping capacity which consequently delayed or caused a lot of planning to be scaled back until it was eventually released.

 

 

[ebshumidors]

Looks like a CVL in front, Enterprise and some Essex class.