S-Class Sub To Be Included After All

[Zero Niner]

Pity about the Narwhal. Between her and her sister sub (USS Nautilus) they did 29 war patrols & credited with sinking 13 Japanese ships for a total of 35,000 tons.
It must be said however that most of the time she was used in covert missions, landing US troops on various islands and conducting resupply runs for guerilla forces fighting the Japanese.

A concise history of the USS Narwhal can be here

[Gezoes]

Originally Posted by Torplexed

Now to complete the S-Boat experience we'll just have to play the sim locked in a unventilated room on a 90 degree day with 100 percent humidity. Perferably while not having bathed in a while. Mmmm. Somebody pass the lukewarm lemonade.

Wait for the summer of 2007... good chance you'll get your wish!

Great news btw! Thanks to the dev team.

[AG124]

Originally, the Narwhal was credited with sinking the carrier Soryu at Midway, but credit was withdrawn around 1955 when eyewitness accounts indicated that the torpedoed carrier was actually the Kaga and that the only hit was actually a dud.

[dean_acheson]

This is good only if most of the torpedoes don't work, the engines randomly shut down, and various leaks spring up anytime you are deeper than 150 feet....

lol!

[Safe-Keeper]

Random breakdowns are all good, as long as people who don't like them can shut them off.

Looking forward to playing with this sub.

[peterloo]

Both S-class and Type II are pre WWII (i.e. inter-war) designs
However, S-class has a great preformance, i.e. "cooler" than those type II
my signatures shows a Type II, seems that I have to change it to a S-class
Those little bees would sting those stinking Japanese ships

[Wulfmann]

Great news.
My father served on only one submarine an S-Boat in the thirties likely in the engine room.
I know, who cares, but will be nice to have the old tubs when the going was harder.
Nice to see they have their ears on at UBI.
Agree the Narwhal is too limited to detract from the effort that is being put to better use in other areas.
One can always play MoH PA for their ride on one of these cruiser subs and the Makin mission. Like someone would have to hit 5 torpedoes with the MG to save the sub.
Still; fun

Wulfmann

[MadMike]

In case anyone wants to read up on S-Boat history-

Includes interior shots on several boats-

http://www.rddesigns.com/subs/s-boats.html


And of course there's "Pigboat 39" the book about S-39 (in case you're wondering where they got the scene of the skipper wearing the Nor'wester at the periscope in "U-570")...

A first hand S-boat account-

http://www.geocities.com/goliverjones/home.htm

(sub school portion starts on page 8).


S-boat histories-

http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s-list.htm


Yours, Mike

[TheSatyr]

I wonder if they also added in the MkX torp,since those are what the S boats used. Old,slow steam powered torps that exploded slightly more often than the MKIX...

[don1reed]

Hoorah for the Suger Boats.

...if it didn't hurt a little bit, everyone would want to do it...

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Wulfmann

Great news.
My father served on only one submarine an S-Boat in the thirties likely in the engine room.
I know, who cares, but will be nice to have the old tubs when the going was harder.Wulfmann

I care. I think it's awesome. My dad was just young enough to miss the war, but four of my six uncles served, two of them were at Pearl Harbor.

Did your dad leave any stories? I never thought to ask my uncles until it was too late.

[Wulfmann]

Sad to say it but we ignored my Dad's stories for the most part.

He was on the USS Sacramento, a former colonial cruiser re-classed as a gunboat at Pearl Harbor on Dec 7 1941. It was the proudest thing of his life to have been there that morning.
His ship was the second one in from the point across from battleship row so he was as close to the very middle as one could be and yet that was in some ways as safe a place as any in Pearl.
He later served on one of the converted 4 stackers made for commando raids but was transferred to down under and was in Darwin when it was bombed. I remember him saying he admired the precise attacks of the Vals.
He spent much of the war at a floating dry dock and later when McHale's Navy came on many episodes sounded like the antics my old man was pulling in New Caledonia, at least as he told it.
My Uncle served on the USS Missouri and was at the surrender ceremony. It was on the plague tour he met and married my aunt Georgia married over 50 years until he passed.
My father died in 1971 and I certainly wish I had the sense to have recorded his every thought on Pearl. I am sure I am not alone on regretting not documenting the BS we did not care about when kids.


Wulfmann

[aanker]

Originally Posted by AG124

The Dev team for SHIV has just announced on the official SHIII forum that they have decided to include the S Class sub in SHIV after all. However, they will not include the Narwhal class but I do understand their reasons behind that decision.

I saw this post the other day and replied before their (UBI Eve forum) board crashed yesterday. I asked.. and I am still wondering if he was confusing the Salmon/Sargo class with the true S-Boats. I have seen this mistake before.

However, I am really hoping it is true and that S-Boats will be included in SH4.

Art

[AG124]

Yes, you are right about that actually. The Salmon class had already been confirmed for SHIV, and maybe the Dev team member answering the question got mixed up (as the SHIII dev team did with the River class DE in the actual release). If that is true, then maybe there will be no 'original' S class after all.

BTW - As I recall, Pacific General was one game which mixed up those two sub classes.

[Sailor Steve]

AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!

Don't even mention that!

I DISBELIEVE! I DISBELIEVE!