B.Smitty

I had another thought about your proposed LSG, Galrahn. In it, there are four LCSs, a T-AKE, as HSV, an LPD and only one Burke.

Given the potential for these ships to be distributed over a large area, and all but the Burke having only AAW point-defenses, is a single escort enough to provide air defense?

I would expect, in a shooting war, the T-AKE and HSV wouldn't be too close to the action, but might still be vulnerable to attack. The LCSs would be though, and four of them could be operating over a fairly large area. The Burke would have to shadow them, and potentially leave the other vessels undefended, or force them to move closer than they would want to the action. Would two LCSs to a Burke be a more reasonable (and defensible) ratio?

I suppose in a real conflict, you could expect a CVBG or two and USAF airpower to be overhead. Not to mention additional escorts.