Stories and Patrol Logs + Screenshots and Videos (merged)

[Peter Cremer]

My first attempt at posting anything anywhere in the last 25 years so if your PC blows up, at least you don't know where I am.



I bet this will hurt!

[DrBeast]

Greeks...they're everywhere

[Ewall007]

Drilling the gun crew...




And more drills...

And this is why, anyone for a hot-dog roast

I love my crew, and my crew loves me

Ewall007
"Ranging Far, Sweeping Wide"
Quote from Victory at Sea 1955

[merc4ulfate]

I did this northwest of Bali last night.

I had about 225 feet of water under me at 2300. It was a convoy of two troop transports and two other merchant ships escorted by a destroyer, a ship that looked like a converted minesweeper turned sub chaser and two sub chasers. It is about mid 1942 or so.

I angled into the convoy heading 180. Their course was 250. The merchants were cruising two abreast two deep. I had homing torpedoes in tubes 1,2 and 7. I targeted the lead row farthest ship first. I sent two fast fish. I targeted the second row farthest ship with two fast fish. I targeted the lead row nearest ship with two homing fish. I turned 45 degrees to port to get my stern tubes ready.

I fired tube 7 at a closing sub chaser and went to 200 feet. The first merchant was hit twice and sank. The second was hit within 20 seconds of the first ship once and disabled the other being a dud. The two homing fish out of 1 and 2 hit the stern of one of the troop carriers and disabled it.

Stern 7 hit the sub chaser but only slowed it down and she left the area and went to the rear of the merchants. I closed within 100 yards of a disabled merchant and sat near her at the bottom waiting for reloads.

The destroyer dropped depth charges where they thought I was for a while. The converted mine sweeper one kept circling me and the disabled merchant dropping depth charges here and there. After a while the destroyer and sub chasers just slow or stopped all together and sat listening I assumed.

I came to the surface to see the merchant that had not been hit had circled back and was passing by. I fired as the converted sub chaser and merchant I was near fired at my periscope. I missed the ship and it took off again.

So at this point I had sunk one, disabled two and the fourth merchant, a troop transport, was coming in and out of the area. I thought this tactic was odd. They normally leave the area and do not circle back around. The only escort trouble was the converted one constantly but slowly circling me and the merchant and the other three sat north of my position listening.

The unhit merchant made a mistake and began sailing to close to my position and south east of me. I came to the surface set two fast fish at her and sank her near the original sinking of the first ship. I had my bow pointed north and decided to go back slow until I was far enough away from the disabled merchant that I could sent a fish to it and the one past it.

The converted escort found me a few times as I was backing out and although I did receive some damage I found it extremely interesting that my back slow pulled me away from their attacks. I almost felt that once they pinged me and got an idea of where I was that they ran their course and attack off where they though I would travel forward off the bow. Since I was back slow their attacks were not as successful. If I had been ahead slow they would have caused more damage.

I was nearing the two sunken ships. One had its bow up out of the water the other its stern. I was coming back to the surface to strike the disabled ships when I got a call from the sonar of a new contact 093 long range. A single merchant ship was now coming in the area. I estimated its course was going to bring it in close to the nearest disabled ship.

If I fire now and strike the disabled ships ... will it begin to zig zag causing me to waste fish if I miss? I decided not to fire and wait but this left me also in an avoidance mode while the converted escort kept looking for me. I came to the surface some time later after going ahead slow as to not be to far away. The new merchant was still traveling straight. I fired two fast fish at her at 3200 yards one fish at the nearest disabled ship and one at the farthest.

The neatest ship was hit first then came two hits on the new kid and finally one at the farthest cripple which sank quickly. I fired one more at the nearest ship to sink her and was about to fire another at new kid but she went down.

The next time the escort came around me and headed away I headed south and managed to get away from all of them with only minor damage while sinking 5 merchants.

I kissed the picture of Jane Russell squarely on the lips and headed to my room while the XO took us to the surface to head back to Exmouth Australia for reloads and more fuel.

[merc4ulfate]

TMO is the only mod

I did this northwest of Bali last night.

I had about 225 feet of water under me at 2300. It was a convoy of two troop transports and two other merchant ships escorted by a destroyer, a ship that looked like a converted minesweeper turned sub chaser and two sub chasers. It is about mid 1942 or so.

I angled into the convoy heading 180. Their course was 250. The merchants were cruising two abreast two deep. I had homing torpedoes in tubes 1,2 and 7. I targeted the lead row farthest ship first. I sent two fast fish. I targeted the second row farthest ship with two fast fish. I targeted the lead row nearest ship with two homing fish. I turned 45 degrees to port to get my stern tubes ready.

I fired tube 7 at a closing sub chaser and went to 200 feet. The first merchant was hit twice and sank. The second was hit within 20 seconds of the first ship once and disabled the other being a dud. The two homing fish out of 1 and 2 hit the stern of one of the troop carriers and disabled it.

Stern 7 hit the sub chaser but only slowed it down and she left the area and went to the rear of the merchants. I closed within 100 yards of a disabled merchant and sat near her at the bottom waiting for reloads.

The destroyer dropped depth charges where they thought I was for a while. The converted mine sweeper one kept circling me and the disabled merchant dropping depth charges here and there. After a while the destroyer and sub chasers just slow or stopped all together and sat listening I assumed.

I came to the surface to see the merchant that had not been hit had circled back and was passing by. I fired as the converted sub chaser and merchant I was near fired at my periscope. I missed the ship and it took off again.

So at this point I had sunk one, disabled two and the fourth merchant, a troop transport, was coming in and out of the area. I thought this tactic was odd. They normally leave the area and do not circle back around. The only escort trouble was the converted one constantly but slowly circling me and the merchant and the other three sat north of my position listening.

The unhit merchant made a mistake and began sailing to close to my position and south east of me. I came to the surface set two fast fish at her and sank her near the original sinking of the first ship. I had my bow pointed north and decided to go back slow until I was far enough away from the disabled merchant that I could sent a fish to it and the one past it.

The converted escort found me a few times as I was backing out and although I did receive some damage I found it extremely interesting that my back slow pulled me away from their attacks. I almost felt that once they pinged me and got an idea of where I was that they ran their course and attack off where they though I would travel forward off the bow. Since I was back slow their attacks were not as successful. If I had been ahead slow they would have caused more damage.

I was nearing the two sunken ships. One had its bow up out of the water the other its stern. I was coming back to the surface to strike the disabled ships when I got a call from the sonar of a new contact 093 long range. A single merchant ship was now coming in the area. I estimated its course was going to bring it in close to the nearest disabled ship.

If I fire now and strike the disabled ships ... will it begin to zig zag causing me to waste fish if I miss? I decided not to fire and wait but this left me also in an avoidance mode while the converted escort kept looking for me. I came to the surface some time later after going ahead slow as to not be to far away. The new merchant was still traveling straight. I fired two fast fish at her at 3200 yards one fish at the nearest disabled ship and one at the farthest.

The neatest ship was hit first then came two hits on the new kid and finally one at the farthest cripple which sank quickly. I fired one more at the nearest ship to sink her and was about to fire another at new kid but she went down.

The next time the escort came around me and headed away I headed south and managed to get away from all of them with only minor damage while sinking 5 merchants.

I kissed the picture of Jane Russell squarely on the lips and headed to my room while the XO took us to the surface to head back to Exmouth Australia for reloads and more fuel.

[MKalafatas]

SH 1.5
TMO/RSRDC [but may not have installed correctly. So far, I can't tell a difference].
KSMD sound mod (very cool, btw!)
Manual targeting
map contacts ON

Having read several patrol logs from apparent submarine aces, and feeling inadequate by comparison, I've decided to post one anyway --- thinking that, if nothing else, the mere memory of rookie foibles and discoveries, honestly recounted here, will amuse even the saltiest among you.

On the late afternoon of December 10th, S-38 left Cavite with six commandos, destined for a troop insertion mission just 40 miles from Manila. Cruising on the surface, we tuned the radio to Pearl Harbor news reports.

The troop insertion mission was benign, except that the submarine backed over the life raft. Mission complete, nonetheless.

With no specific patrol orders, we cruised north with our 12 Mark 10 torpedoes along the western shore of Luzon, hoping to intercept Japanese transports bound for that island. On the evening of December 11th, submerging for a sonar check about 20 miles due west of the northwest tip of Luzon, the sonar console lit up with two contacts, both with apparent high-speed screws, although neither contact was close enough to register with the sonar operator.

One contact was at compass 010; the other was at compass 270. After about 30 minutes of triangulation we determined that the contact at 010 was heading west, away from Luzon. The contact at 270 showed only a slight change in bearing to the south. Judging that the 270 contact must be inbound, we hit flank speed on the surface to intercept.

Since the range of sonar is about 10 miles at best, we expected visual confirmation within 45 minutes. But a full hour, alternately steaming on the surface at flank speed and submerging to check the target bearing, ultimately proved that this contact also was steaming away from Luzon. And we were not gaining on them.

We broke off the chase, and turned hard to starboard, again at flank speed, hoping to bounce the other (now inaudible) contact along its presumed westward track.

Arriving on that track around daybreak on the 11th, we submerged to locate them with sonar. But --- sonar was silent. They were gone. We were 0-for-2.

We set course at standard speed for the small islands just to the north of Luzon, with a mind to patrol the Straits. At about 1600 hours one of the lookouts rang out with a sighting. We were 15 miles NW of Luzon, and closed to determine the makeup of what appeared to be a large convoy --- possibly the original contact at compass 010.

The convoy consisted of 8 small passenger carriers, 3 Agano light cruisers, and 7 Akizuke destroyers. They were basically stationary. Surrounded by a tight cordon of escorts, the 8 transports and 3 light cruisers circled around in the middle at low speed. We determined to break in to the hen house.

With President Roosevelt's "date which will live in infamy!" speech echoing from the radio across the dark seas, we closed at low speed on the surface to within 4000 yards of the escorts. We submerged at silent running, below the thermal layer, and passed the braying circle of Akizukes without major incident.

As we inched our way into the throne room, we heard a symphony of sounds above: high-speed screws, the resonant low-speed whump-whump of merchant ships, collision alarms, battle station alarms. But we were not actively pinged.

When the time seemed right we selected Agano light cruisers on the recognition manual, prepared for battle with the stadimater monster, and rose silently to periscope depth.

Peering into the periscope, we saw ... a melee! Whirling, clanging, churning targets --- most of them too close to shoot ----our first thought was that targeting didn't matter. If I fired four fish with some moderate spread they were bound to hit something!

But yes, the range problem. An unarmed torpedo is just a butterfly's dream.

So then began a deadly saber dance. We lowered the periscope and moved to another location, and rose again. Same scene. Whirling targets, escorts all around, four of them within 3000 yards, some of them stalking and pinging. We moved again. And again.

We rose at different locations four separate times until I spied a good firing solution at two transports 1000 yards distant. With some urgency, and not having three spare minutes to calculate, I estimated their speed and angle-on-the-bow, and fired two fish.

Preparing to crash dive and egress, I happened to notice a stationary Agano, just 15 degrees off the starboard bow. While the first two fish were on their way, I turned hard to starboard to point the boat at the Agano. Setting speed at zero and AOB to 90 on the TDC, I simply pointed the boat like a pistol and fired tubes 3 and 4 at 11' of depth --- shallow enough to sink a transport should they miss the cruiser.

The first two fish, fired at transports, both missed. But as we were diving away we heard the satisfying rumble of two torpedo impacts on the cruiser.

With battery and oxygen issues, it was a temptation to egress the area --- but I thought it essential, having passed the escort screen into this sacred treasure room, to fire one more torpedo to sink the apparently-unsunk cruiser before we left.

We took more than 30 minutes to reload tube 1, but finally moved into position just 700 yards from, and perfectly abeam of, the crippled and burning Agano. While I was busy with the TDC, an undetected Akizuke --- burning, for some reason ---- flashed past, between the sub and the target, firing at our periscope. Fortunately, it missed. When the Akizuke cleared the firing range, we fired our valuable torpedo, and the blow was struck --- but still the Agano lived!

Nevertheless, it was time to leave.

Two hours later, with the crew refreshed and all tubes reloaded, we were on our way back to finish the job. Seven torpedoes remained. We crawled up to the by-now-abandoned Agano, the convoy and escorts having drifted about two or three nautical miles to the east.

We fired again. We hit again. And still she didn't sink! The target was so low in the water that it seemed the contents of a single beer bottle would flip her over. But ten minutes later, she still waddled defiantly. With purpose, we changed the depth setting from 11' to 14', and fired once more.

Finally the Rasputin Agano rolled over and died, with the contents of five Mark 10s in her belly.

With two hours of darkness and five torpedoes remaining, we circled the convoy on the surface, looking for a weak link in the escort shield. For the second time, we attempted to penetrate --- but this attempt was far more adventurous. We were pinged and depth-charged on our way in, destroying the deck gun but inflicting no bulkhead damage. At one point, with engines off, resting below the thermal layer, the heat was so intense from four stalking escorts that we ascended to just above the thermal layer to release a decoy, and then crashed away at flank speed.

Eventually, with dawn breaking, we rose to the surface within the target sanctuary. Another Agano was 600 yards in front, and not moving! The AOB was just 14 degrees but the range was so delicious that we had to take the chance. I punched in a 1-degree spread on either side, and fired three fish. The first was a dud. The other two missed --- probably by mere inches.

Sigh.... and now only two torpedoes remained. What will they say at Cavite?

We dived deep to reload one tube, and surfaced again with our final two fish. The saber dance ensued once more --- peeking, diving, moving, peeking again.

Finally we spied a couple of transports headed towards each other, presenting their beams. Without targeting, we pointed the boat and fired.
Two more misses. Ugh. Twelve torpedoes, only one light cruiser sunk. Surely a court-martial awaits me at Cavite.

We exited the area and surfaced to run away --- having less than 25% battery juice remaining. But alas, we were virtually cornered between the convoy and the shallow waters off the coast of Luzon. Airplanes circled. Another convoy with two Kongo battleships appeared --- probably the second contact from our sonar search two nights before.

It was impossible to maneuver. We simply rested away the daylight hours, surfacing only for oxygen, until finally the cloak of darkness arrived. We slinked away, with our reputations tarnished, our deck gun destroyed, our tail between our legs.

[2ndBestKiller]

I already postet this in the SH5 forums, but just in case some of you arent visiting this subforum, I just wanted you to show my new movie

It's done!



Took me a few days, but i hope it was worth it.
The movie shows a sub thats ascending and preparing for an attack.
Hope you like it.


I also uploaded a few images taken from the movie, If you want any picture from the movie in a specific resolution PM me (with timecode), otherwise i might not see the request.

















Any constructive criticism is encouraged

[magic452]

Good story.

You'll get em all next time.

Magic

[Diopos]

The video is OK, the music is OK but the gyro angle on the torp is uhmmm ... large?



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[steve_the_slim]

I think he got a circle run.

[cpinney]

I slipped into Truk Lagoon one stormy night.....and when the light came I laid waste to the Nips!

OT

Originally Posted by cpinney

I slipped into Truk Lagoon one stormy night.....and when the light came I laid waste to the Nips!

OT

nice video

[yamatoforever]

Originally Posted by steve_the_slim

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

Addon U-Boat-Mission and mod Operation Monsun.
DFW is a blog with Silent Hunter IV, IL-2 Sturmovik & Armed Assault videos!
More informations here or click my banner!

Greetings
Molke2005

[Diopos]

Originally Posted by cpinney

I slipped into Truk Lagoon one stormy night.....and when the light came I laid waste to the Nips!

OT

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