I am not saying the US takes everythign they have - they take enough for proper fleet defense and then leave the rest
and you defintiely need the artillery for fleet defense as well - i.e. if something happened to the Hancock, if shes the only escort, then all it would take is one gunboat and they could pick off the ships one at a time
its basically taking the Pirates of the Vistula approach to the fleet - i.e. the only way that tug is making it to Warsaw is some guns so you can take on that fleet when you get there
same with this fleet - and the Germans arent idiots - they know the US still has nukes left in its arsenal - I highly doubt they want a very pissed off US steaming after most of their evacuated troops die because the Germans wouldnt let them arm the ships for fleet defense
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