Balao: just got mission to go to Rabaul to do a camera shhot. Went in and watched three destroyers patrolling, but were far away, and bay is deep enough to crawl at 300 most of the way. Got to camera point, actually just before, and went up and up scope. TWO lovely aircraft carriers just sitting there. So did photo shoot and then turned sub around (I had mk14s in rear tubes). back up slightly, let destroyed go their way again, and then fired 4 torps, 2 at each, all struck at 7000 yds and I waited but ships did not report sunk, so fired one each more and started to leave, both carriers sunk but too shallow to submerge. Nice easy day.
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Captain!, there's a destroyer on the por........ periscope is flooded Sir!
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