William Pye's later active wartime role was to patrol off the American West Coast with the battleships under his command. The mission guarded against the possibility of a Japanese raid on the continental coast. That defensive assignment contrasts with the more aggressive Wake relief operation Kimmel had wanted during the opening crisis. The comparison closes a sustained criticism of Pye's post-attack risk aversion.
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Pye's later West Coast patrol command
Pye's later active command kept available battleships off the US West Coast against a feared Japanese raid.