tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7799357743004909192.post8663198331096024989..comments2024-01-04T23:48:09.384-05:00Comments on Pawnderings on Games: The Other Shoe drops -- Lexington sunk 70 years agoSeth Owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12206653100499935990noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7799357743004909192.post-79455937231133208282012-05-09T12:30:45.322-04:002012-05-09T12:30:45.322-04:00Yeah, the lighter US carriers could be taken out b...Yeah, the lighter US carriers could be taken out by bombs. The CVL USS Princeton, succumbed to bombs/kamizazes alone, as did the CVEs Block Island, Ommaney Bay and St. Lo. <br /><br />But the fleet carriers could take substantial damage from bombs and suicide planes, such as Enterprise, Intrepid, Franklin, Bunker Hill and Hancock, without necessarily being lost. The Yorktown quite possibly would have survived Midway despite being heavily bombed, twice, but for the torpedoes from I-168.Seth Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12206653100499935990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7799357743004909192.post-7386303931131513262012-05-09T11:24:16.031-04:002012-05-09T11:24:16.031-04:00I thought the St. Lo might be an exception to the ...I thought the St. Lo might be an exception to the torpedo rule you mention, but it looks like it was just an escort carrier.Ryannoreply@blogger.com