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Originally Posted by Mister_Spok
Roger Dodger, mentioned about sampan fleet earlier in this topic. I would also like to know if it's possible to bring them back?
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I just started a new campaign. I had to upgrade TMO from 2.2 to 2.5 due to NOT getting a Deck Gun for my Gato-class boat. I also installed RSRDC and the RSRDC Pre-Pearl Harbor editions and some other 'RSRDC fixes'.
Mid-Patrol Report:
Departed Manila in S-27 on Dec. 1, 1941. Patrol Objective: Scouting, Luzon Strait south of Formosa.
Dec. 4: Spotted large freighter south of Formosa - Range 6500 yds, Course 270, Speed 8 kts. Shadowed freighter for 6 hours, no action.
Dec. 6: Patrol Lingayen Gulf - No contacts
Dec. 7: EXECUTE UNRESTRICTED SUBMARINE OPS VS JAPAN. Conduct Anti-Shipping ops along Japan-Luzon Straits-Singapore shipping lanes S of Okinawa.
Dec. 8: Sighted Hakusika Maru, 8178t, Action-Submerged, Daylight, Range 1200 yds. fired 3 torpedoes -1 miss, two hit for heavy damage. Fired 4th torpedo for hit and sinking. 128E/24N (S of Ryukyu Islands/Okinawa)
Dec. 10: Sighted Zinbu Maru, 5331t, Action-Surface Night, Range 6500 yds, increased speed to Flank, fired two torpedoes at extreme range of 3000 yds, neither reached target. Target spotted us at 2500 yds, and began evasion, opened up on us with small arms. Commenced Deck Gun action at 2000 yds. Fired two torpedoes at 1500 and 1200 yds - one hit for damage. Sank target with Deck Gun - 45 shells expended. 120E/28N (S of Kayushu main home island)
Dec. 16: Anti-Shipping ops along Japan-Luzon-Singapore shipping lanes, S of Okinawa.
Dec. 18: Sighted fleet of 6 Junks, 50t ea. Action-Surface Deck Gun. Sank all 6 Junks with gunfire - 110 shells expended. Close in-shore 124E/23N
Dec. 24: Returning Manila for refuel/rearm.
Dec. 28: Contact Report: N of Lingayen Gulf, two freighters escorted by three minesweepers, Range: 10,500 yds, Course 320, speed 11 kts., daylight. No action other than contact report - could not close to solution. 120N/17E.
Dec. 29: Refuel/Rearm Manila. Shift base to Surabaya, Java.
Dec. 31: Enroute Surabaya, Java - 122E/12N - W of Palawan, 13,989t total (Not bad for an S-Boat!).
Note the Dec. 18 report. A fleet of 6 Junks! So the Junks/Sampans/Fishing trawlers are there - I just wasn't close to them. They will be close inshore around the Japanese Home Islands and possessions. Perhaps I haven't seen any during other campaigns because my patrol areas usually didn't include those areas (Asiatic Fleet Ops).
I won't know for awhile yet if I get a Deck Gun for a Gato - I'm still in my S-Boat very early in the war. I don't expect to get a Gato for at least a year (game time). S-Boats were always equipped with a Deck Gun, but it got lost during upgrading.
Good Hunting
PS: Remembering the Officers and Men still on Eternal Patrol this Memorial Day. God Bless Electric Boat!