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Originally Posted by Olefin
I can see them brought out of Reserve status after the first few months of the war with the USN trying to replace their losses even though the ships were far less capable than what they had lost. Considering the losses the Soviets had taken even though they were older ships they would have still been good convoy escorts especially against Soviet commerce raiders that were still going after US convoys.
I dont see them as day one ships - they are "ok what can we get out of the Reserve fleet that can still do the job?" ships after the USN adds up the losses and realizes how long it would take to have new construction come on line during war time
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I agree, I simply see the Adams being restricted to secondary roles, mainly convoy escorts and perhaps limited ASW. As the USN suffers losses in their front line ships, then the Adams would be shifted into the carrier support role, but I also expect these ships to suffer higher losses due to their outdated systems.
While there would by some attempts to update them, the will also be a bottleneck in getting the replacement equipment to the shipyards. Between repairing the damaged, but more capable warships, the need to keep DDGs with the key battleground and additional losses to enemy action, it would be reasonable to expect the Adams to be kept at sea for as long as possible.