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Originally Posted by omon
no, the planes  |
Yes they would be more effective. However by the end of WW2 Japan didn't have the luxury of using experienced pilots to conduct Kamikaze attacks. Kamikaze pilots were given 1 week of training and sent on their merry ways. They were only capable of flying straight at the target craft or at most in a shallow dive.
Note, most of the ships sunk by Kamikaze were screens and pickets. That means they were mostly far from the center of the carrier group and on their own if there were no fighter screens around. Those ships were also much smaller than capital ships and thus easily sunk. The average size of WW2 American destroyers were 2,500t. The average size of WW2 American destroyer escorts were 1,500t. The average size of American Aegis ships today is 9,000t.