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Saratoga's productive survival as a torpedo magnet

Avoiding torpedo damage would improve Saratoga's availability, but her ability to survive repeated attacks also protected other ships.

Question

What changes if Saratoga is not such a torpedo magnet during the Second World War?

Short answer

She spends more time available, but some attacks may fall on other ships because Saratoga historically survived the torpedoes she attracted.

Notes

Saratoga's repeated torpedo damage removed her from operations at important moments. Avoiding those hits would therefore increase her availability in the Pacific. The panel also notes that she absorbed attacks without being sunk. In that sense, a less attractive Saratoga might leave another and possibly less survivable ship to receive the same torpedo.