The point is to get the USN ships to a friendly port - i.e. conserve fuel by getting them to the nearest US port in US territory - then take the rest of the troops home with the remaining escorts
i.e. lets say there are ten destroyers and cruisers still afloat plus a BB
Use some of the fuel to get the BB, the cruisers and most of the DD's to Guam for instance - then the rest of the convoy with say 2-3 remaining DD's goes home - that way you arent abandoning ships that frankly the US wont be in a position to replace for a very long time in another country's ports
and a Korean Omega may actually be a series of steps - i.e. use what fuel is left to evacuate to Okinawa - for that short a distance you could even use sail or alcohol powered ships - at least that way the troops are no longer in Korea and in contact with the enemy - then evacuate from there - also given the state of the Soviet navy I have a feeling that there are no Soviet subs left
reason - if they had any nukes left they would have used them to take out the Virginia and get the satellite back - instead they sent a sail powered ship to try to do it using commandos
so at best you might be looking at diesel boats -and as low as fuel for all concerned if you can get past the Sea of Japan you are probably home free
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