Ships have a very limited damage model. They are parted into sections from front to aft, at least three. IIRC you can sink any ship by hitting the port or starboard front area by 2000 kg worth of ordinance(skip bombing). May even work with port or starboard aft. Center section usually needs more. Smaller ships take less - might have been 1000 kg for CL and CV, DD needs 500 kg.
Damage in different sections does not add up. You can get a lot of non lethal hits on a BB with 2000lbs that way, if center section can withstand 2 hits you can get at least 8 hits - and it may be that you have more than three sections for larger ships, maybe five, then it could be that up to 20 hits that do not sink the ship. Any damage seems to add up, so it is possible to sink a DD with 10 100 pound bombs.
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Originally Posted by _RAAF_Firestorm
Our testing indicated a while back that three fully laden mosquitos with 2000lb ordnance can destroy a BB if they all skipbomb and successfully hit the hull midship.
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Try hitting the front section - it will take only two hits.