Stories and Patrol Logs + Screenshots and Videos (merged) - Page 275

Rooster · 03-11-12, 06:37 PM

Great patrol report and congrats to the skipper and crew of the Seal

jtdude100 · 03-12-12, 04:43 PM

hey guys.... my sub.... its in the air.... um...

by the way if you think this is fake... its not! its what happens when you get silent fire adn you go down to 1000ft and go ahead flank and blow ballast. yep. a flying sub. who woulda thought.

Rooster · 03-15-12, 01:28 AM

USS Starfish
January 10th, 1942

After leaving Pearl received several reports of attacks and warships leaving the area and coming my way, military intelligence has proved as effective now as it was the days leading to 12-7-41. Several dispatches sending the Starfish chasing fleets with several hundred miles head start have been lost.

Our initial patrol was Honshu Island but we now sit safely at 160 feet depth off Yokuska. We have from this vantage point been able to use the waters depth as a hide during the day and as dusk arrives slip up to scope depth and slowly hunt our prey as we see fit.

The two merchants from earlier and the two warships taken over the last 72 hours have given us a moral boost and perhaps a swagger in our duties. The men have performed in a stellar manner and we’ve not even went to general quarters as of yet. We have hunted and taken as we saw fit with little to no challenge from the enemy.

I am unsure why this is; perhaps they do not suspect us to be this deep in their own back yard. If so it is the same self secure feeling that has left good men and machinery at the bottom of Pearl.

We are at 65% fuel and 6 torpedoes. Deck ammunition is plenty as we have not used it but for the two merchants ships.

My December 7th anger tells me to slip into Tokyo and leave Tojo a turd on his door step but the conservative side tells me that this is not my ship as Captain Russell is set to resume command duties when we arrive back at Pearl and that we lack the needed stores to take a true fight to them this deep into their backyard.

Plan to stand by this day and look for a prey tonight at before dawn slip back to Honshu for some light merchant hunting or back to Pearl for refit and resumption of command by Capt. Russell.

J. Ryan
X.O. (Acting Captain)
USS Starfish

Able Brown · 03-16-12, 04:59 PM

jtdude100

Quote:

hey guys.... my sub.... its in the air.... um...

Were your graphics settings on HIGH?

cpinney · 03-16-12, 10:28 PM

Gentlemen,

Here is one of my videos from a while back.....I undertook a patrol in the South China Sea.....had quite a run of it.....great fun!

oldtimer49

matti95 · 03-17-12, 06:13 AM

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Originally Posted by DrBeast

Showing her battle scars.

That is one of the best screenshots ive seen

Would be a nice wallpaper

yamatoforever · 03-22-12, 01:00 PM

DFW - Time

Greetings
Molke2005

cpinney · 03-24-12, 09:26 PM

Gentlemen,

I attacked the shipping in Mikuni harbor....I went to periscope depth when in sight of shore....immediately in shallow water. I crawled in towards the harbor....the water finally shelving to 6 feet below the keel.....Once inside I spotted seven ships, two of which were Gunboats. I took out the Gunboats first and then let the Merchants have it.....I holed all of them, all but two were on the bottom, those two burning. Lots of manuevering required to get a good firing angle on some of them....I had to come up so I had three feet or so exposed....just to clear the bottom. I surface to finish them with my deckgun.....came under accurate fire from an emplacement on shore or one of the ships still afloat.....submerged again and put one more on the bottom with a fish. I surfaced again and was lining up a target when air search radar picked up a fast mover coming straight in from the North. I turned, headed out.... submerged as fast as possible without bottoming out. After a bit I brought her up enough to raise the the air search antenna and found that the plane had turned out to sea... I'd about had it by then, turned back in, surfaced and slugged it out with that last Nip...took some damage but nothing critical...I put him down and beat it out of there.....seven down!
OT

Saimons · 03-27-12, 03:41 AM

Nice

Evil_onyx · 03-27-12, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by yamatoforever

Ramming Speed, one of the more effective methods of sinking a ship.

steve_the_slim · 03-27-12, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by yamatoforever

DFW - Time
snip screenshots

What mod is this, and where can I get it?

Stewmeat95 · 03-28-12, 01:08 AM

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Originally Posted by DrBeast

Well I had never heard of siamese ships before...

What mod are you using for the gauges and gui appearance? I like it.

DrBeast · 03-28-12, 01:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Stewmeat95

What mod are you using for the gauges and gui appearance? I like it.

If memory serves, that's Oakgroove's Submarine Instruments, dating back to 2007, which I then customized by borrowing bits and pieces from other mods. The HUD in TMO 2.5 is an adaptation of Oakgroove's original, I think.

Stewmeat95 · 03-28-12, 08:58 AM

Ah, thanks for the insight.

WernherVonTrapp · 03-29-12, 03:15 PM

Some historic battle actions:

Operation Ten-go:

Intense night action off Guadalcanal:

03-11-12, 06:37 PM	#4111
Rooster Watch Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sometimes here, sometimes there. Posts: 22 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Great patrol report and congrats to the skipper and crew of the Seal __________________ It is to the everlasting honor and glory of our submarine personnel that they never failed us in our days of great peril.~Chester W. Nimitz

03-15-12, 01:28 AM	#4113
Rooster Watch Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sometimes here, sometimes there. Posts: 22 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	USS Starfish January 10th, 1942 After leaving Pearl received several reports of attacks and warships leaving the area and coming my way, military intelligence has proved as effective now as it was the days leading to 12-7-41. Several dispatches sending the Starfish chasing fleets with several hundred miles head start have been lost. Our initial patrol was Honshu Island but we now sit safely at 160 feet depth off Yokuska. We have from this vantage point been able to use the waters depth as a hide during the day and as dusk arrives slip up to scope depth and slowly hunt our prey as we see fit. The two merchants from earlier and the two warships taken over the last 72 hours have given us a moral boost and perhaps a swagger in our duties. The men have performed in a stellar manner and we’ve not even went to general quarters as of yet. We have hunted and taken as we saw fit with little to no challenge from the enemy. I am unsure why this is; perhaps they do not suspect us to be this deep in their own back yard. If so it is the same self secure feeling that has left good men and machinery at the bottom of Pearl. We are at 65% fuel and 6 torpedoes. Deck ammunition is plenty as we have not used it but for the two merchants ships. My December 7th anger tells me to slip into Tokyo and leave Tojo a turd on his door step but the conservative side tells me that this is not my ship as Captain Russell is set to resume command duties when we arrive back at Pearl and that we lack the needed stores to take a true fight to them this deep into their backyard. Plan to stand by this day and look for a prey tonight at before dawn slip back to Honshu for some light merchant hunting or back to Pearl for refit and resumption of command by Capt. Russell. J. Ryan X.O. (Acting Captain) USS Starfish __________________ It is to the everlasting honor and glory of our submarine personnel that they never failed us in our days of great peril.~Chester W. Nimitz

03-16-12, 10:28 PM	#4115
cpinney Nub Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 4 Downloads: 183 Uploads: 0	South China Sea Patrol Gentlemen, Here is one of my videos from a while back.....I undertook a patrol in the South China Sea.....had quite a run of it.....great fun! oldtimer49

03-22-12, 01:00 PM	#4117
yamatoforever Weps Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 360 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	DFW - Time Greetings Molke2005 __________________ http://darkfictionworld.tumblr.com/

03-24-12, 09:26 PM	#4118
cpinney Nub Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 4 Downloads: 183 Uploads: 0	oldtimer49's South China Sea Patrol Gentlemen, I attacked the shipping in Mikuni harbor....I went to periscope depth when in sight of shore....immediately in shallow water. I crawled in towards the harbor....the water finally shelving to 6 feet below the keel.....Once inside I spotted seven ships, two of which were Gunboats. I took out the Gunboats first and then let the Merchants have it.....I holed all of them, all but two were on the bottom, those two burning. Lots of manuevering required to get a good firing angle on some of them....I had to come up so I had three feet or so exposed....just to clear the bottom. I surface to finish them with my deckgun.....came under accurate fire from an emplacement on shore or one of the ships still afloat.....submerged again and put one more on the bottom with a fish. I surfaced again and was lining up a target when air search radar picked up a fast mover coming straight in from the North. I turned, headed out.... submerged as fast as possible without bottoming out. After a bit I brought her up enough to raise the the air search antenna and found that the plane had turned out to sea... I'd about had it by then, turned back in, surfaced and slugged it out with that last Nip...took some damage but nothing critical...I put him down and beat it out of there.....seven down! OT Last edited by cpinney; 03-25-12 at 08:21 PM.

03-12-12, 04:43 PM	#4112
jtdude100 Watch Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: North Carloina USA Posts: 23 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	hey guys.... my sub.... its in the air.... um... by the way if you think this is fake... its not! its what happens when you get silent fire adn you go down to 1000ft and go ahead flank and blow ballast. yep. a flying sub. who woulda thought.

03-27-12, 03:41 AM	#4119
Saimons Bilge Rat Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1 Downloads: 194 Uploads: 0	Nice

03-28-12, 08:58 AM	#4124
Stewmeat95 Watch Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 27 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Ah, thanks for the insight.

03-29-12, 03:15 PM	#4125
WernherVonTrapp Admiral Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Now, alot farther from NYC. Posts: 2,228 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	Some historic battle actions: Operation Ten-go: Intense night action off Guadalcanal: __________________ "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Miyamoto Musashi ------------------------------------------------------- "What is truth?" -Pontius Pilate