My friend and I have been playing this game a lot, and we have come across the most peculiar scenarios. Most of them we have solved via interpreting the rule book in explicit ways, however, there are about 3 cases in which we feel the instructions are not explicit or do not mention the problem.
Scenario 1:
A German submarine ends the German turn in sea zone 2 (adjacent to UK). Then the UK takes his turn, buys an aircraft carrier, and during the deployment phase, places his carrier in sea zone 2 (a legal move according to the instructions). Japan’s turn comes and goes. It is now the US’s turn, and during his non-combat move, he decides to move two fighters into sea zone 2, intending to land on the UK carrier. Is this a legal move for the US? Technically SZ 2 is hostile territory still, and the instruction do say that air units cannot end their turn in hostile territory. Does this still apply in this case?
Subscenario 1:
The US, instead, had moved the fighters into SZ 2 during their combat move, ideally destroyed the submarine, and then lands on the UK carrier. Is this move legal?
Scenario 2:
The US buys an aircraft carrier during the purchasing phase. During the combat move, he moves two of his fighters into sea zone 10 (adjacent to Washington) to attack a German submarine in that zone. The fighters win with no casualties, however, they are out of movement. The question really is, during what phase do aircraft land? Can the US place his carrier on SZ 10 during the deployment phase, and essentially “save” his stranded fighters, or have they already tried to “land” at the end of the non-combat phase and ultimately crashed?
Scenario 3:
Three destroyers move to attack a lone defending battleship. They hit 2 times in the first role. Does the entire battleship get moved to the casualty zone (i.e. does it get “hit” twice, bypassing turning it over on its side first), or does it only receive 1 hit and get turned on its side? Then, does the battleship get to roll “defending” for both its hits? Essentially, does it get to roll one die (gets a 4), put back into the battle on its side, then roll another die (gets a 4), and gets to be propped back up? Basically, what is the definition of a “hit,” especially in regard to the battleship. This is very difficult to explain, but what are the most specific rules of battleships?
Thanks in advance!  :-D

Thanks for the fast reply! I just want to ask, what version are these rules for? I could have sworn I have the Spring: 1942 (not the 2nd edition), but the rules in my book say on page 8:
“Sea zones are either friendly (contain friendly units) or hostile (contain enemy units). They are never neutral. An unoccupied sea zone is friendly to everyone.”
It then goes on to talk about neutral territories… It makes no reference to “surface warships…” Am I asking my question in the wrong version of the game? Is this the Spring: 1942 2nd edition?
Thanks so much!  :-D

EDIT: I just looked up on amazon, and by process of what the box looks like deduced that the version of the game we have is A&A Revised Edition… So I will post my question there instead. Thanks so much anyway!!

My buddy and I have been quite addicted to this game lately, and this is about our 3rd play and we have run into several strange scenarios that the instructions are very vague on… The one issue we really can’t find any information on is this:
1. Germany has one submarine in naval space 2, adjacent to UK itself.
2. The conclusion of UK’s turn, they place their bought aircraft carrier on naval space 2, an obvious legal move based off what the instructions say.
3. The U.S. takes its turn. During their noncombat move, they attempt to move two fighters to naval space 2, to land on the carrier.
Is this legal?? Can the US just ignore the German submarine? Or, since it’s still technically a hostile sea zone, is this not possible?
Or, another scenario, if the US fighters had attacked the German sub during its combat phase, could the UK carrier assist the fighters in the battle?
Thanks in advance!!