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Originally Posted by csThor
The PTO has a major problem ... it's called Northrop - Grumman I won't go into details but this one seriously limits the potential projects to begin with (i.e. TBF and derivates plus most US Navy ships). Not to say the PTO won't be touched at all (i.e. the Slot map will be made official) but ATM there's no "plan" since we are arms-deep into 4.10.
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It is truly a shame that the Northrop-Grumman "situation" also affects ships and especially the critically important Yorktown class carriers (Yorktown, Enterprise, Hornet). If I remember correctly, there was even once a dev update for PF with WIP screens of the Yorktown.
Still, some nice USN ships might still be possible. A quick wiki search (obviously not a reliable source for such delicate matters) revealed the following shipyards other then Newport News worked on major warships:
New York Naval Shipyard:
- BB-55 North Carolina
- BB-61 Iowa
- BB-63 Missouri
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
- BB-56 Washington
- BB-62 New Jersey
- BB-64 Wisconsin
Norfolk Naval Shipyard
- BB-60 Alabama
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
- BB-57 South Dakota
- CVL Independence Class
Fore River Shipyard (General Dynamics)
- BB-59 Massachusetts
- CV-7 Wasp
So out of these it might be possible to build at least one fast Battleship (class). The Wasp might be an interesting option. Next to do service in the Med (which seems to be a Daidalos Team pet theater
), it is also very similar to the Yorktown class, though smaller. So it could also act as generic carrier to substitute the Yorktown, Enterprise and Hornet. Of course assuming that General Dynamics are not jerks like NG... With this ships, the USN fleet would already be in pretty good shape.
Anyway, I am looking forward to 4.10 and what what DT has up their sleeves next.