Okay as one who uses the AI alot to run things Ive never seen like in my current game where the AI is grouping up small fleets into larger fleets even though it isnt clicked on to to be allowed to reform units... 
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Yup lol I remember one game where I put 7 SHBB's in the Far Eastern Fleet, and their DD's were still under construction (for like another month or so - wanted that engine upgrade lol). I put them under the front command just to save on supplying them while they sat in port.
Japan attacked me in the meantime, and I had not given the Eastern Theater permission to reorganize, and then when my DD's finished, I went to plant them in Vladivostok, only to find that my BB's had been conjoined to some old TP fleet and were wandering around lol.
Japan attacked me in the meantime, and I had not given the Eastern Theater permission to reorganize, and then when my DD's finished, I went to plant them in Vladivostok, only to find that my BB's had been conjoined to some old TP fleet and were wandering around lol.
The only ships I give control to the AI are Submarines. The AI actually does a pretty good job with convoy raiding. Sometimes it also get some old destroyers because it also does a decent sub-hunt. And both of those tasks can be quite micro-intense to be really successful.
When you have one of the larger navies (like my games as the UK) the AI generally does very well, providing it doesnt reform your fleets (as in my current game)...