Twenty-one twelve-gun American ships would carry 252 main guns, while fourteen ten-gun Japanese ships would carry 140. That gives the American fleet 112 additional shells in a full salvo. At an assumed five-percent hit rate, the calculation yields roughly twelve or thirteen American hits against seven Japanese hits. These are illustrative figures for comparable 16-inch batteries. The assumed hit rate is separate from any accuracy observed in the game.
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What 252 guns against 140 means per salvo
Scaling the hypothetical fleets to twenty-one American and fourteen Japanese ships gives 252 main guns against 140.