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During the US Philippines landings, the fleet was subjected to many successful surprise attacks. To reduce the number of surprise attacks, during the Okinawan campaign starting just 3 months, the navy implemented a destroyer picket line extending out from the landing forces. This proved both successful in reducing surprise attacks but costly to the picket destroyers. The number of war ships sunk per kamikaze sent was reduced by a factor of 7 while the number of destroyers sunk increased by a factor of 3.
During the US Philippines landings, the fleet was subjected to many successful surprise attacks. To reduce the number of surprise attacks, during the Okinawan campaign starting just 3 months, the navy implemented a destroyer picket line extending out from the landing forces. This proved both successful in reducing surprise attacks but costly to the picket destroyers. The number of war ships sunk per kamikaze sent was reduced by a factor of 7 while the number of destroyers sunk increased by a factor of 3.
