Damage control explained heavy pics

[AVGWarhawk]

Before I left port I recruited some of the swabs hanging around. I put them in the damage control compartments on the crew screen and this is all they did.....damage control.



On the way to port I was lollygaggin and got whacked by some planes. As you can see, stern is down and flooding is critical. Not a good situation.




As you can see my bulkhead in the stern is toast. The dark red line indicates heavy damage. I set the boys on this because they have already repaired the pump. I made this priority one on the pumps. Note the darker red on bulkhead in the priority page. The dark red means the boys are working on it. Please note the blue over the badly damaged bulkhead. This indicates flooding. Critical at that. Although the pumps are working the stern is too far gone. The party is over.




As you can see I have made all repairs but stern still down and the I suspect the hull damage is very bad after seeing this. I'm currently now making 15kts after repairing the diesels. Before I was making 11kts. I left the decoy for last. No decoys in US subs anyway. My stern is still blue in color indicating still filling with water. Again, my party is over.



Please note the swabs I have in the repair business. Again, I got them aboard for this only or if needed elsewhere.



Now, I could have continued on to port like this. Provided I was not attacked again and getting hit. But I was in testing mode at this point and decided to go to periscope depth. As noted before the bulk head was just about dead even though it was patched up as best possible. It was too far gone and started to crush as I submerged. There was no hope. I pressed on for blowing ballast. I came up some but it was not enough. Down I went. Please note the time it took to repair. Just about all morning.


Before you leave port recruite some grunts to do the damage control. With time maybe they will get more proficient. Damage control works if you handle it properly. The dark red is the damaged parts and the very dark red vertical lines mean very bad depending on how high they go. Repair priority is set in the box in the middle. Click it and it will turn a darker red. Repairs will begin. Always fix pumps to get the water out first and then the bulkheads. Repair times are longer in SH4 than SH3. Not all repairs will last as you can see. I could have motored home on the surface but just periscope depth sent me to the bottom. Your the captain so make you best guess after a beating like this.

I hope this helps.