The First of Many

UlyssesSGreezie · 10-06-17, 04:08 AM

Thought I'd share my first (career) kill with you generally much more experienced guys, so you can share in my sense of accomplishment (or laugh at my expense!).

Sep 4, 1939, patrolling off the coast of Wales, I dove to check for sound contacts as I do fairly often, and pick up a merchant vessel moving slow, long range. I proceed to start following it crudely, drawing lines of where I think it'll go and adjusting it based on my sonarman's reports as I follow. As you can see, the Atlantic was raging, so I couldn't actually see the ship through my periscope until about a kilometer away.

I barely (if at all) used actual methods of tracking down a contact, but it still felt awesome to track it with the hydrophone, update my marks, and then readjust speed and heading accordingly. Eventually through this process I came within a kilometer and raised the periscope. I'm still too new and inexperienced to manually target for an attack, so I locked the ship and starting diverging parallel from it, going about 3 knots faster than it so I'd have room to turn and get an angle. After getting about 400 meters ahead of it, I slowed to 6 knots and turned perpendicular to the ship, trying my best to line up a 90 degree shot in the TDC before I launched tube 1 and split her in half almost perfectly.

It's probably not much of an accomplishment when you compare it to what you other captains have done, but the thrill of the chase and the immense satisfaction I got when I finally sunk her was immediately worth sharing to me. 1 Allied unit sunk so far, here's to many more.

UlyssesSGreezie · 10-06-17, 04:09 AM

Apparently the image didn't upload, and I'm not sure how to fix that, so here's an imgur link.

https://imgur.com/a/A71Dt

hauangua · 10-06-17, 04:24 AM

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Originally Posted by UlyssesSGreezie

Apparently the image didn't upload, and I'm not sure how to fix that, so here's an imgur link.

https://imgur.com/a/A71Dt

Good work kaleun

THEBERBSTER · 10-06-17, 04:33 AM

Hi USG
To upload your image use the icon that looks like a letter with a postage stamp on it.
Peter

HW3 · 10-06-17, 11:09 AM

Congratulations on your first kill!

10-06-17, 01:12 PM

Nice !

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10-06-17, 04:08 AM	#1
UlyssesSGreezie Nub Join Date: Sep 2017 Posts: 4 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	The First of Many Thought I'd share my first (career) kill with you generally much more experienced guys, so you can share in my sense of accomplishment (or laugh at my expense!). Sep 4, 1939, patrolling off the coast of Wales, I dove to check for sound contacts as I do fairly often, and pick up a merchant vessel moving slow, long range. I proceed to start following it crudely, drawing lines of where I think it'll go and adjusting it based on my sonarman's reports as I follow. As you can see, the Atlantic was raging, so I couldn't actually see the ship through my periscope until about a kilometer away. I barely (if at all) used actual methods of tracking down a contact, but it still felt awesome to track it with the hydrophone, update my marks, and then readjust speed and heading accordingly. Eventually through this process I came within a kilometer and raised the periscope. I'm still too new and inexperienced to manually target for an attack, so I locked the ship and starting diverging parallel from it, going about 3 knots faster than it so I'd have room to turn and get an angle. After getting about 400 meters ahead of it, I slowed to 6 knots and turned perpendicular to the ship, trying my best to line up a 90 degree shot in the TDC before I launched tube 1 and split her in half almost perfectly. It's probably not much of an accomplishment when you compare it to what you other captains have done, but the thrill of the chase and the immense satisfaction I got when I finally sunk her was immediately worth sharing to me. 1 Allied unit sunk so far, here's to many more. Last edited by UlyssesSGreezie; 10-06-17 at 03:52 PM.

10-06-17, 04:33 AM	#4
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10-06-17, 11:09 AM	#5
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,439 Downloads: 453 Uploads: 0	Congratulations on your first kill! __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

10-06-17, 04:09 AM	#2
UlyssesSGreezie Nub Join Date: Sep 2017 Posts: 4 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Apparently the image didn't upload, and I'm not sure how to fix that, so here's an imgur link. https://imgur.com/a/A71Dt

10-06-17, 01:12 PM	#6
Kendras Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Nice ! If you want your pics to be visible directly on the forum, click on your imgur image, and copy this link :