Designing a Naval Task Group

[uk 75]

Since World War 2 the typical Naval Task Group has settled down into the following:

An aircraft carrier at its heart

Area Air Defence ships around the carrier

ASW escorts screening the group

An SSN somewhere nearby

A replenishment ship trailing the carrier

In addition there are

Amphibious Group

A Helicopter Carrier or group of Amphibious transports and dock ships

Area Air Defence ships around the Amphibs

ASW escorts screening the group


Surface Action Group

A force of destroyers and frigates (sometimes with a Cruiser leading)
able to use SSMs against an enemy

The US Navy is still able to put together some 8 or 9 carrier groups and 4 or 5 amphibious groups. Not sure if it still does surface action groups.

The RN can just about put together a carrier group and an amphib group. It can possibly put together 3 or 4 surface action groups.

The Russians can muster a couple of surface action groups and an amphib group

China is now able to put together one carrier group and 3 or 4 amphib groups. They dont seem to do many surface action groups(?)

It may be that this model is out of date and that ships will be used more as individual units than groups.

 

[shin_getter]

What is the mission? This kind of formation looks like gunboat diplo-ing 3rd world.

If it is throwing the formation into the teeth of A2AD I'd think the entire navy would be massed as one to maximize offensive and defensive power.