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andwii · 11-04-11, 11:04 AM

I, Josef Scherin will not bother making a very detailed report, as the events that took place are still plaging my mind, and I must get them out. Its my fault that those men perished. Because of bad decisions, and foolish mistakes I lost 15 of my men, my kriegsmarine heroes. I should have called off the attack!

der untergang started at around 50 Km from the coast of New York. Again the weather was piss poor, yet I felt it would get better soon, but that did not come soon enough. On the way in a convoy was detected, and before the convoy arrived a passenger cargo was lined up in my sites. We fired one torpedo at it, and she went down. Problem was I was to close, and as she sunk we took a lot of damage, all compartments flooding, and one man lost his life, and another was wounded. My sonar man neglected to tell me of a patrol craft with in 1 Km of me. We surfaced to repair our damage on the surface parts of the ship, and the patrol craft saw this. It opened fire on us, casing more major flooding, and killing our wounded sailor.
WE COUDLNT GET TO PERISCOPE DEPTH!!!! MY MEN JUST GAVE UP!

We took so much damage trying to submerge, and the weather was so bad there was no chance to fight back.

We got underwater, and repaired the damage. That damn patrol craft kept us under water for so long, and now the convoy was coming through.

We were almost detected, but we made it out safe from escorts, but I had launched many of my loaded torpedoes and the ships that came in front of me, and got no detonations. The convoy moved off, and the weather got even worse.

After the last invasion of the port, I learned where the mine fields and sub nets were, and promptly avoided them. Here is where it started to get bad.

A stationary war ship was detected in the distance, and I figured it to be maybe a heavy cruiser. Problem is, there were two warships stationary, and I went to the crappy little destroyer, while the New Orleans Class was another 2.5 Km in the distance. We set a course to get into a good firing position, and rammed a small merchant, destroying my attack periscope and radio, causing flooding across the board, and killing one other sailor. In a fit of rage, we moved off, and shot a stern tube into her. EAT IT!!!!!!!

We continued on our attack, and found our friend the stationary warship, and it was just a crummy destroyer. Regardless we shot a bow tube at her, and she went down. After we observed her sinking we moved off and continued to a safe area to reload our torpedoes. After this for the longest time our woahs were over, and our attack was about to commence. An Ocean liner was found stationary in the distance, and we made our approach. Three bow tubes were fired, and she went down. I was all out internal torpedoes, so I went as far away from the port (yet still inside of it) as I could and surfaced. The weather was so foggy that I was able to reload all my internals without incident. As I was putting my last internal in, the fog cleared, and my WO spotted our warship we were hunting. I ordered periscope depth, and the hunt was on. At about 1 Km, I ordered all stop, and adjusted my depth, as it most likely would have duded, so we needed to use the magnetic ability of the torpedo. One TII was launched, and she hit her mark. After about 3 minutes she was going down. By now it was about 8 in the morning, and it was a clear sunny day, with crystal clear and smooth water. The hunt was on!!!!

Moving through the port, we sank any tankers we found. While doing so another ocean liner was spotted. We fired three torpedoes, and she went down. Then in the distance we spotted a large troop transport right next to the statue of liberty! ABOUT!

We sped off toward the statue of liberty, and fired two torpedoes at the Large Troop Transport, and she went down. ALL IS GOOD!!!

Then we got cocky. We thought we were far enough away from any merchant to surface, and and to shoot the statue of liberty in revenge for the fallen commarades
Instead we took a few lucky shots from some merchant in the distance, flooded all compartments and was aground. We were losing people left and right, and after the damage was all repaired we had lost so many men, that the dead filled the entire stern quarters compartment.

That’s about it. We were down to 30 percent, and dropping rapidly. We made it out of the port with no incident, and made it to the milk cow. Our ship was so badly damaged that it would have been easier to just scuttle it.

Back at base a new IXC/40 was commissioned, and given to me.

I don’t think I can look at my men the same way again.

End of report.

11-04-11, 11:04 AM	#3708
andwii Frogman Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Bridge of U-123 Posts: 300 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	I, Josef Scherin will not bother making a very detailed report, as the events that took place are still plaging my mind, and I must get them out. Its my fault that those men perished. Because of bad decisions, and foolish mistakes I lost 15 of my men, my kriegsmarine heroes. I should have called off the attack! der untergang started at around 50 Km from the coast of New York. Again the weather was piss poor, yet I felt it would get better soon, but that did not come soon enough. On the way in a convoy was detected, and before the convoy arrived a passenger cargo was lined up in my sites. We fired one torpedo at it, and she went down. Problem was I was to close, and as she sunk we took a lot of damage, all compartments flooding, and one man lost his life, and another was wounded. My sonar man neglected to tell me of a patrol craft with in 1 Km of me. We surfaced to repair our damage on the surface parts of the ship, and the patrol craft saw this. It opened fire on us, casing more major flooding, and killing our wounded sailor. WE COUDLNT GET TO PERISCOPE DEPTH!!!! MY MEN JUST GAVE UP! We took so much damage trying to submerge, and the weather was so bad there was no chance to fight back. We got underwater, and repaired the damage. That damn patrol craft kept us under water for so long, and now the convoy was coming through. We were almost detected, but we made it out safe from escorts, but I had launched many of my loaded torpedoes and the ships that came in front of me, and got no detonations. The convoy moved off, and the weather got even worse. After the last invasion of the port, I learned where the mine fields and sub nets were, and promptly avoided them. Here is where it started to get bad. A stationary war ship was detected in the distance, and I figured it to be maybe a heavy cruiser. Problem is, there were two warships stationary, and I went to the crappy little destroyer, while the New Orleans Class was another 2.5 Km in the distance. We set a course to get into a good firing position, and rammed a small merchant, destroying my attack periscope and radio, causing flooding across the board, and killing one other sailor. In a fit of rage, we moved off, and shot a stern tube into her. EAT IT!!!!!!! We continued on our attack, and found our friend the stationary warship, and it was just a crummy destroyer. Regardless we shot a bow tube at her, and she went down. After we observed her sinking we moved off and continued to a safe area to reload our torpedoes. After this for the longest time our woahs were over, and our attack was about to commence. An Ocean liner was found stationary in the distance, and we made our approach. Three bow tubes were fired, and she went down. I was all out internal torpedoes, so I went as far away from the port (yet still inside of it) as I could and surfaced. The weather was so foggy that I was able to reload all my internals without incident. As I was putting my last internal in, the fog cleared, and my WO spotted our warship we were hunting. I ordered periscope depth, and the hunt was on. At about 1 Km, I ordered all stop, and adjusted my depth, as it most likely would have duded, so we needed to use the magnetic ability of the torpedo. One TII was launched, and she hit her mark. After about 3 minutes she was going down. By now it was about 8 in the morning, and it was a clear sunny day, with crystal clear and smooth water. The hunt was on!!!! Moving through the port, we sank any tankers we found. While doing so another ocean liner was spotted. We fired three torpedoes, and she went down. Then in the distance we spotted a large troop transport right next to the statue of liberty! ABOUT! We sped off toward the statue of liberty, and fired two torpedoes at the Large Troop Transport, and she went down. ALL IS GOOD!!! Then we got cocky. We thought we were far enough away from any merchant to surface, and and to shoot the statue of liberty in revenge for the fallen commarades Instead we took a few lucky shots from some merchant in the distance, flooded all compartments and was aground. We were losing people left and right, and after the damage was all repaired we had lost so many men, that the dead filled the entire stern quarters compartment. That’s about it. We were down to 30 percent, and dropping rapidly. We made it out of the port with no incident, and made it to the milk cow. Our ship was so badly damaged that it would have been easier to just scuttle it. Back at base a new IXC/40 was commissioned, and given to me. I don’t think I can look at my men the same way again. End of report.