An 18,000-ton heavy-cruiser inspection gives way to research choices intended to protect merchant shipping. Merchant cruisers and single torpedo launchers can add weapons directly to convoy defense instead of relying only on fleet units to intercept attackers. The same review previews a new destroyer hull and enhanced submarine torpedoes, placing escort and undersea programs in the same procurement queue. A planned order for one hundred improved destroyers turns the technology choice into a force-structure commitment.
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Merchant cruisers and convoy-defense research
A research review prioritizes merchant cruisers and single torpedo launchers for convoy defense while previewing improved destroyer hulls and submarine torpedoes.