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Based on the Maximally Effective PH Attack thread, assuming that there is a maximally effective strike on PH that include the sinking of the majority of BB and all the Pacific Fleet's carriers, who in this scenario are in port, what happens next? Clearly in the long run the US fleet building program would replace any losses and more, but in the meantime the Pacific Fleet is out of commission and the Japanese have no carrier opposition in the Pacific, what do they do? Clearly the carrier battles of 1942 aren't going to be happening.

Also could the US carriers be refloated and repaired or were they pretty much done for?
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