Originally Posted by Shipwreck

a. 16" vs 8"

In Korea, only 20% of the 16" missions were outside the range of an 8" cruiser.

In Vietnam, 51.4% of the 16" missions (between September 1968 and February 1969) were outside the range of an 8" cruiser.

b. 8" vs 5"

In Korea, about 80% of the 8" missions (between May 1951 and March 1952) were outside the range of a 5"/38 (though only about 10% would have been outside the range of a 5"/54).

In Vietnam, for the period considered (Sept. 68 - Feb. 69), only 12.1% of the 8" missions were outside the range of a 5"/54 (though about 80% were outside the range of a 5"/38).