- Location
- North Carolina
I know, I even agreed with that point in an earlier post, well unless the ship it's going after is a destroyer or a bunch of gunboats and torpedo boats which an Atlanta with all of those 5in/38s an Atlanta class will chew up and spit out a Destroyer pretty quick, considering that it's forward battery has as many guns as a Gearing class Destroyer does in it's entire main battery.
Also, the one time that Atlanta class Cruisers took part in a Surface action, they were hit by either Type 93s which can do incredible damage, they can tear the bow off a Treaty Cruiser, plus they were hit with large-caliber gunfire, the unique armament didn't contribute to their loss, but rather the fact that they did get decimated by large caliber gunfire and torpedoes that were at the time the best in the world in terms of range, speed, stealth, and punching power. But then again, all things considered the Americans probably weren't expecting the Japanese to come down the Slot with two Battleships, a light cruiser, and eleven destroyers to bombard Henderson Field nor were they expecting the battle to be a point-blank close quarters brawl, which are often confusing to begin with, then throw in the fact that it happened at night which night battles are often confusing as well, that was just a recipe for disaster on both sides, to a greater degree the Americans since we struggled at this time with fighting at night.
Another thing of note is that the Atlanta class Cruisers were designed as fast scout cruisers or as Destroyer Flotilla Leaders, similar to many of the Japanese Light Cruisers after WWI. Designed to support the Destroyers by providing C&C capabilities, as well as greater AA capability. So if one comes back, we could stick them in charge of the American Kanmusu Destroyer Divisions.
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