it doesn't sound that bad when it comes to real life ships. crews are evacuated and likely no more casualties. and then there's this, you kill your dying comrades so they won't be captured.
it doesn't sound that bad when it comes to real life ships. crews are evacuated and likely no more casualties. and then there's this, you kill your dying comrades so they won't be captured.
Captured by Americans is probably cushier than staying a Japanese sailor.
As long as you hadn't recently killed too many of the capturing peoples' buddies.
Captured by Americans is probably cushier than staying a Japanese sailor.
As long as you hadn't recently killed too many of the capturing peoples' buddies.
Except that captured ships are often "repurposed". Just ask USS Stewart.
I mean... what if Yuudachi had been captured at Guadalcanal instead of being sunk? (Which might have happened if USS Portland hadn't had a hissy fit) Now imagine she'd been refitted and impressed into American service and later ended up sinking... Yukikaze or some such.
Yeah, it may have been for the right reasons but it's still going to give her a bit of a complex.
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