Talk:Jervis/@comment-30501447-20180317190652/@comment-33100091-20180326064527

ASW is SERIOUS BUSINESS for Britain

for a country that will literally starve to death without sea commercial lane, that's to be expected especially after what they experienced in WW1 when Germany show just how much pain they can inflict with sub fleet, so RN escort ships tend to be pretty damn good with ASW.

Japan on the other hand... underestimated ASW importance (partly due to Mark 14 torpedoes being defective along with the abominable magnetic detonator during the early part of Pacific War)

So it's not surprising that their ASW ship isn't as good, IJN never really considered ASW to be vital until rather late in the war (when it was too late to fully develop the equipment and tactic for ASW)