Stories and Patrol Logs + Screenshots and Videos (merged)

[Mav87th]

A16-3
Serial 02
CONFIDENTIAL
U.S.S. STURGEON (SS 187)

c/o Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, California

December 16, 1941






From: The Commanding Officer
To : The Commander in Chief, United States Fleet
Via : The Commander Submarine Flotilla 22
The Commander Submarine Squadron 20
The Commander Submarine Force Pacific Fleet
The Commander in Chief U.S. Pacific Fleet

Subject: U.S.S. STURGEON (SS 187), Report of War Patrol #1.

Enclosure: (A) Subject Report.
(B) Track charts. (ComSubPac only)

1. Enclosure (A), covering the first war patrol of this vessel conducted in the LINGAYEN GULF, and west of VIGAN, north of APARRI and Southern FORMOSA, during the period December 8, 1941 to December 16, 1941, is forwarded herewith.






M. VINTHER



CONFIDENTIAL

U.S.S. STURGEON

(A) PROLOGUE


After operations out of PEARL HARBOUR we left for the PHILLIPINE ISLANDS, MARIVELES BAY on November 10 1941, where we arrived on December 2 1941, trained for 5 days.


(B) NARRATIVE

Dec 8-9




Left MARIVELES BAY at 1600 hours on the 8th and proceeded to the LINGAYEN GULF at one engine speed.



ATTACK #1

Arrived at LINGAYEN GULF at Dec 9 0140 hours. Patrolled for about an hour and got visual contact with 3 fishing boats in a convoy headed NORTH out of the gulf. They were approached and boarded. Handguns were found aboard and the crews were ordered to go into rescue boats and the 3 fishing boats were sunk by machinegun and deck gun fire at POS 16°24N 120°08E. All three boats were of the BONITO class like the SHOWA MARU and approximately Tonnage of 100 (gross). Type shown on page 141 in ONI-208-J Supplement No. 2

At 1000 hours we left the LINGAYEN GULF and proceeded on one engine speed to our next assigned patrol area outside the town of VIGAN, where we arrived at 1400 hours.


ATTACK #2

At 0055 we received counter orders sending us on patrol outside the town of APARRI south of the LUZON STRAIT.
At 0134 our watch spotted multiple ships. It appeared to be a convoy consisting of approximately 14 destroyers and a bunch of cargo/passenger ships. We had the chance to send a radio report as it appeared to be an invasion force heading 290°T for the LUNGAYEN GULF or VIGAN. We managed to line up for a salvo of 4 torpedoes from a range of 2000 yards on a troop carrier of the HORAI MARU class. Due to the very large concentration and proximity of destroyers we had to dive immediately after the last torpedo was out of the tubes. At least one of the Destroyers/Subchasers was at that point using active sound location. Sonar heard at least one torpedo detonation and ship braking up sounds from POS 17°45N 120°12E.

We escaped to the opposite side of the convoy and from there we shot 4 torpedoes on a light cruiser of the MAKA class. Two were seen going in front of the target, one impacted without detonating and one passed straight under the 2nd funnel from the front. DAMIT!
But to our luck the torpedo that passed under the MAKA cruiser detonated under a large subchaser on the other side. It sank immediately in POS 17°44N 120°13E.

Now we had 10-11 Subchasers and Destroyers around us but at 180 ft. we found a gradient layer and slipped through towards North. At 0340 we were able to surface and get off a contact report. We were told to brake contact and head for APARRI. Course were set on 021°T for APARRI


Dec 10

At 1529 we were about 20nm North-West of APARRI on course 125°T. At 1611 our watch crew spotted a massive convoy consisting of more then 14 smokestacks in one line. They were flanked by smaller thinner stacks, witnessing of Escort presence. We continued to shadow the convoy and got off a contact report of the convoy heading 305°T at 8.5 knots making the convoy pass through LUZON STRAIT at 2010 base time. We planned for an ambush at 18°42´N 121°17´E


ATTACK #3

1425 3 bow torpedoes were shot from 800 yards at the HORAI MARU passenger carrier. First shot was observed hit under the aft mast, second under the fore mast, while the last hit under the fore most stack. We dove and made an evasive 90° right turn. Ship braking up sounds was heard clearly as we were passing close to the spot HORAI MARU had ended up after our hits. P.O.1st Rodgers from the engine room swore that he heard scrapings along our hull as HORAI MARU sank on POS 18°41N 121°16E. It may have been a loose wire that slid down our hull!

At 2002 we were still being massively depth charged. A surface force consisting of approximately 4-5 vessels of subchaser/destroyer types were hunting us with active sonar. 6 minute later the depth charging seemed to move further away from us, letting us slip away towards North North-East. With now 4 torpedoes left in the bow tubes and 2 in the stearn tubes we headed for APARRI on course 125°T

At 2030 we could still hear faint distant depth charging. So either they were still hunting for us or they had found another unfortunate submarine. Suddenly our boat was shaken by a very near salvo, followed by near salvos again at 2034 and 2036. But whom ever the delivery guy was he gave up and left at high speed. The whole depth charging had in total taken 6 hours!! Non of the personel of my boat had ever experienced anything like this.


Dec 10-12

2144 we surfaced and ran at full speed towards APARRI. We arrived at APARRI patrol zone at 2300 hours and stayed there until the early morning hours on the 11th. At 0631 our SD showed a contact at long range. We rigged the boat and dove to 100 ft. Suddenly the Sturgeon was shook violently by two near explosions. Later inspection showed that the explosions had been close enough to destroy our sight on the deck gun. Lieutenant P.T. Lester had it fixed in no time with his crew. At 0815 new orders came in. We were now ordered to patrol the southern FORMOSA area for at least 12 hours.

So course were set North. At 1016 after an hours tracking we counted 6 contacts moving North to North-West. One of the ships were ID’ed as a NAKA class Cruiser with its 4 distinctive funnels. 10 minutes after a subchaser had apparently turned around and was now at a range of about 6000 yards. It started to open up with its deck guns. We crash dived too 200 ft. on flank speed. At the same time I ordered full rudder left and got the subchaser on our right beam. We kept flank speed until CPO D.L. Coleman reported that Sonar had him on a range of about 3000 yards. Then we turned 70 degrees back towards North and rigged for silent running. Apparently that did offset him as he started his search 1500 yards East of our position.

At 1407 we surfaced and ran at Standard up towards FORMOSA. We had to dive a couple of times due to SD contacts, this time treating them with more respect.


Dec 12-13

At this crystal clear December morning we again had a SD contact on bearing 157° long range. There was no visual contact ever established with this contact.

On the 13th a Merchant was spotted at 2150 hours. It was established to be sailing on course 345°T and was a Mast Funnel Mast type with a composite superstructure. Possibly a HEITO MARU class freighter.


ATTACK #4

We moved into a position ahead of the freighter and lined up for bow shots from 1200 yards. However we had underestimated the speed, so the two torpedoes almost missed. The first one hitting the rudder, lifting the stern up about 15 feet before it settled down. I was a little worried if the second torpedo would run under the freighter as the stern were up in the air. But the freighter came down and the second torpedo exploded right behind the aft mast. In two minutes the freighter was submerged from the stern to the superstructure and all forward momentum had stopped. There was no doubt in my mind – she was going down, and she was going down fast !

All hands in the conning tower had a look at hear and agreed that it was the HEITO MARU. It sank in 7 minutes from the last impact on POS 21°57N 120°12E.

We surfaced and got off a status report. We were told to come back to CAVITE and thus sat the course to 180°T on standard speed.


Dec 14-16

We had a very pleasant transit to CAVITE, where we docked at 0550 on the 16th of December 1941.



SUNK


Number - Type - Class - When - Tons


3 - Fishing Boat - BONIN class - ATTACK #1 - 106


1 - Passenger Liner - HORAI MARU class - ATTACK #2 - 9276


1 - Subchaser - TYPE No. 13 class - ATTACK #2 - 438


1 - Passenger Liner - HORAI MARU class - ATTACK #3 - 9269


1 - Freighter - HEITO MARU class - ATTACK #4 - 4518



Total ships and tonnage

7 - 23819

[kriller2]

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[Digital_Trucker]

Excellent report, Mav:up: Your fitness report will reflect the effort put into your report:yep:

[ReallyDedPoet]

i guess i will post some story when i have done something more. I am brand new in this game and have yet only sunken few Merchants.

Welcome to SUBSIM Petur :up:
Don't worry you'll sink your share :yep:

@ Mav87th, excellent work :up:


RDP

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/LOGOS27.jpg
Resize to 1680x1050 @kriller2 nice clouds .

[kriller2]

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/2205/newstormcloudsdv2.jpg

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/9254/newstormclouds2kl0.jpg

[JuanEnrique]

http://pp.spin.de/user/de/0f/5373826_full.jpg

Coming out of the endless blue



http://pp.spin.de/user/f0/d0/5373881_full.jpg

Sooooo good looking



http://pp.spin.de/user/46/f4/5373900_full.jpg

Hunting



http://pp.spin.de/user/e7/60/5373843_full.jpg

Hunted




http://pp.spin.de/user/b6/5b/5413302_full.jpg

Whats going on here? you tell me




http://pp.spin.de/user/4f/4c/5373939_full.jpg

Mission accomplished, returning home

[thefretmaster]

Nice first post man!
i love the cinematic divebomb shot :up:

welcome to the community:sunny:

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/LOGOS28.jpg
Resize to 1680x1050
@Kriller2 those seas look rough I hope you know I have already been SeaSick 3 times:rotfl:

[kriller2]

Nice wallpaper Gunfighter! :up: ,yes the seas is realy mean looking in PE 2.1a :)

[Mush Martin]

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e368/MartinPicfix/HalClassPeri.jpg

[lancerr]

http://id.iit.edu/%7Esriramt/Misc/Sh4.jpg
http://id.iit.edu/%7Esriramt/Misc/sh5.jpg

http://id.iit.edu/%7Esriramt/Misc/sh6.jpg


http://id.iit.edu/%7Esriramt/Misc/sh7.jpg

[CDR Resser]

Great Shots Lancerr!!!:up:

Respectfully Submitted;
CDR Resser

[lancerr]

Thanks. I'm so addicted to this game, it's ridiculous and these pictures can tell you why.

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/LOGOS29.jpg
I know there was alot more countries involved in the Pacific and if your flag is not here forgive me
@Lancerr very nice pictures

[Syxx_Killer]

Here's a few shots from running W_Clear's environment mod. :cool:

A couple sunset shots.

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/576/sh4img20080409204018468rv7.jpg

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/4319/sh4img20080409204042093gp9.jpg

An early morning on a glassy sea.

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/3055/sh4img20080409204247375nc1.jpg

Is the water still there?

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/5161/sh4img20080409211116375iy9.jpg

Apparently, since I'm not falling to my doom.

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/6777/sh4img20080409211124250yf6.jpg

[Torps]

http://pp.spin.de/user/de/0f/5373826_full.jpg

Coming out of the endless blue



http://pp.spin.de/user/f0/d0/5373881_full.jpg

Sooooo good looking



http://pp.spin.de/user/46/f4/5373900_full.jpg

Hunting



http://pp.spin.de/user/e7/60/5373843_full.jpg

Hunted




http://pp.spin.de/user/b6/5b/5413302_full.jpg

Whats going on here? you tell me




http://pp.spin.de/user/4f/4c/5373939_full.jpg

Mission accomplished, returning home

Welcome to the club:up:

[AVGWarhawk]

Sixx Killer,

I swiped you last picture for my desktop :up:

[Alex]

@ Syxx : The sunset shots look very nice ! :up:

Is the water still there?

:huh:
Looks strange...

[lancerr]

http://id.iit.edu/%7Esriramt/Misc/xxi1.jpg

http://id.iit.edu/%7Esriramt/Misc/xxi2.jpg

http://id.iit.edu/%7Esriramt/Misc/xxi3.jpg

[MaciejK]

Could anyone post a nice sunset+gato silhouette screenie i could use as wallpaper on my 1280x800 laptop?

im far from my desktop PC now and can't go Sh 3 nor 4...:(

Mac

oh, and if someone could make sth like Silent Service 2 box art but with SH4 stuff...would be amazingly cool;)

Macca

[Syxx_Killer]

Here's USS Seahorse during a nice sunset with TMO for 1.4 (and W_clear's environment mod).


http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/2154/sh4img20080410175623625ze8.jpg

I really like the new heavy fog effects. Talk about pea soup! Spot the sub, win a prize!

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/3355/sh4img20080410180137250tt7.jpg

Can't find it? Let's have a peek under water shall we?

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/8389/sh4img20080410180140296vp2.jpg

The galloping ghost...

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/7315/sh4img20080410180149984qf6.jpg

[Syxx_Killer]

When I finally reloaded that save I picked up a radar contact a little bit later. I was tracking him and wasn't paying much attention. I dove to periscope depth to try and get a range to him in this fog, but oddly enough I couldn't hear him on my hydrophones. My sonar op could, but I couldn't even though I was listening in the same direction. The tanker was only doing about 4 or 5 knots, but I should have heard something. Anyway, when I surfaced again, this is what I saw...

Back emergency! :o

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/250/sh4img20080410215006515ft2.jpg

I decided to just track him on radar. Later that night the storm abated and I was able to attack.

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/4344/sh4img20080410215956171vr6.jpg

Some more random shots of USS Seahorse...

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/3682/sh4img20080410221228078zk8.jpg

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/5016/sh4img20080410221243265vh4.jpg

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/8082/sh4img20080410221254562uc8.jpg

Kiss the sky goodbye! Had to crash dive because of two aircraft that were incoming.

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/3135/sh4img20080410221345375tn5.jpg

About a day later...

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/5190/sh4img20080410222722359ec5.jpg

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/1033/sh4img20080410222733000ud5.jpg

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/3122/sh4img20080410222743546ka4.jpg

Damn I love the Balao! :arrgh!::rock:

[AVGWarhawk]

The fog has really added a new dimension to the game for sure. :up:

[MaciejK]

Yeah, you can see nothing through the fog...but can the enemy see u???

[AVGWarhawk]

Yeah, you can see nothing through the fog...but can the enemy see u???

No. I got up to 1000 yards off a vessel while I was surfaced, daytime as well.

[kriller2]

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/2326/newscenewarshipsdo3.jpg

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[tedhealy]

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[Mav87th]

A16-3
Serial 02
CONFIDENTIAL

U.S.S. STURGEON (SS 187)
c/o Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, California

February 4, 1942








From: The Commanding Officer
To : The Commander in Chief, United States Fleet
Via : The Commander Submarine Flotilla 22
The Commander Submarine Squadron 20
The Commander Submarine Force Pacific Fleet
The Commander in Chief U.S. Pacific Fleet

Subject: U.S.S. STURGEON (SS 187), Report of War Patrol #2.

Enclosure: (A) Subject Report.
(B) Track charts. (ComSubPac only)

1. Enclosure (A), covering the first war patrol of this vessel conducted in the LINGAYEN GULF, SOUTHERN FORMOSA and East of OKINAWA, during the period December 23, 1941 to December XXXXX, 1941, is forwarded herewith.






M. VINTHER




CONFIDENTIAL

U.S.S. STURGEON


(A) PROLOGUE

After refitting at CAVITE during the periode 16-23 december, we had our new orders. Too conduct patrol in the LINGAYEN GULF for 72 hours during the 23-25th December 1941.


(B) NARRATIVE

Dec 23




Left MARIVELES BAY at 1900 hours on the 23rd and proceeded to the LINGAYEN GULF at two engine speed.

At 1407 hours PO2 George Burke from watch crew #1 reported a ship at 6nm to the west of us. We immediately sat course directly for him, still on two engine speed to plot him. Plot showed a southerly course at 7kts. There were 4 ships in a convoy – none of them showing any smoke over the horizon. So I’m expecting sailboats of some sort.

Sure enough they were identified as large SAMPAN type sailboats. There were 6 of them in convoy and we could not see any nationality on them. So at 1505 we turned east to open up range to them with minimal siluette. After that we are going to return to patrolling the LINGAYEN GULF


Dec 25-26

Contact made at 0955. course set for 297°T– directly for the contact. Plotting showed the contact to be on course 330°T from POS 16°52N 119°54E and consist of 3 Fishing Boat’s. We are moving closer to get a positive ID of their nationality.

1014 Battle stations manned – the Fishing Boats are not flying any colors what so ever. Preparing the boarding party.

Nothing was found aboard and their crews appeared to be of PHILIPINE nationality. We bought some fish from them and let them on their way. Fresh tuna will be served for Christmas this year.

On the 26th we received new orders. New order was to go to SOUTHERN FORMOSA and search for IJN shipping. Course set to 003°T towards the western side of FORMOSA.


Dec 27

Watch crew spotted a warship 6 miles west of us. XO Hubbard had sat the intercept course before he woke me up – splendid. Warship is showing a course of 140°T and we sat course 200°T to intercept his course in a 90° AoB setup. The warship changed course several times making an uneven pattern. As we closed up to 4nm we had to dive. Warship now Identified as a SHIRATSUYU Destroyer. What is he doing here alone?

He was not alone. It turned out he was tail end for a convoy heading South. We had no chance of catching up at this time, as we would have been forced to do that on the surface. Course now again sat to 003° destination FORMOSA.


Dec 28-29

0001 hours new order to go to 26°N 130°E and patrol in a 150nm zone for daily reporting. Course sat south around FORMOSA keeping close to the coast line to pick up eventual shipping hoping to hug the coast for safety. Nothing was found in our transit. We received new orders again about going to the JAPAN-LUZON STRAIT-SINGAPORE shipping lane and intercept all found shipping.




Dec 30


ATTACK #1




Durring the transit our watch crew from the 3rd shift spotted a ship at POS 25°9’N 127°54’E going 6 kts on course 250°T. We were on course 065°T going 10 kts and the path deconfliction was roughly 7nm with the contact passing us to our north. We quickly sat course to intercept on a 90° angle to have the best possible setup. Unfortunately the contact was a much smaller ship then originally reported, so it was much closer then we thought (original estimate was 8nm while it actually were 6nm). I believe the ships watch crew must have seen our wake as we raced in full for the intercept. Because suddenly he started zigzagging using continuous rudder. The rest of our intercept was done at periscope depth using very short spotting with the attack scope. The plotters did an outstanding job making out the zigzag pattern so we could alter course to shoot with a 90° AoB in a zig maneuver. Two tubes were flooded and shot from 1650 yards on the fighting freighter that was now clearly identified as a MFM composite freighter with a very tall funnel and very low freeboard under the masts. All hands in the tower voted for a TAIHOSAN MARU class freighter at 1800 tons. The two torpedoes were both set to a running depth of 7-8 ft. based on our experience from training shots. In training all our torpedoes set lower then 10 ft. were running much lower. The first torpedo were aimed at the funnel, but impacted about 25 ft. for of the aim point. Nothing really happened to the ship so I immediately ordered tube nr. 2 fired. Aim point 10 ft. aft of the stack. One must say that the lack of effect from the first torpedo was delivered in two fold with the second impact. The ship blew up in a tremendous explosion, parting the ship in two behind the superstructure, throwing the aft piece so high up in the air that the propeller and rudder were out of water while the broken end were pointing straight up in the air. The ship sank in a few minutes after this beating. LTJG Augustine C. D. Cunningham took some splendid photos of the Maru as she went down through our observations periscope. I believe the public relations office will have a field day with them.

Course was set back to 065°T into the patrol area. This is looking promising!

1800 hours - Not so promising news…WAKE ISLAND has now been conquered by the Jap’s. They have apparently taken the airbase there in use, so now we will have to take that into account if were going to go to PEARL HARBOUR.


Dec 31

At midnight we sat course for the LUZON STRAIT where we are to patrol the shipping lanes between JAPAN--LUZON STRAIT—SINGAPORE. We are going to setup patrolling in the LUZON STRAIT between the islands BOTEL-TOBAGO and YAMI NORTH ISLAND also called the BASHI CHANNEL. An opening that is 60 nm wide, and very likely the place with most traffic.

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!! we celebrated the new year and our sinking on the 30ish with one whiskey to each man from my personal locker.


Jan 1 - 1942

1800 hours…bad news again. This time with an impact on our mission. The LUZON has fallen to the Jap’s. The airbase is in their hands, so we can expect heavy air activity over the LUZON STRAIT. Bugger!!!

2000 SD contact – its pitch black so I’d be surprised if a pilot can spot us tonight. Never say never, this guy looked like he had spotted us, as he kept heading our way. Dove to 150 ft. and was rewarded shortly after with two bomb detonations close to the spot where we dove. Now we can not even stay on the surface at night!!

2230 We surfaced at 2215 after the last SD contact. Right as we broke the surface SD controller PO3 Ferdinand W. Howe yelled out another contact at bearing 149 approximately 30.000 ft. The plane came racing over us, and I think we were as much a surprise to him as he was to us. Cus his bombs landed about 200 ft. in front of us and his machinegun fire was also long. The plane was a two engine bomber type with one tail rudder. Much like our Michell bomber. Again we evaded deep to 300 ft. and changed course back to the shipping lane course.


Jan 1-13

Much bad weather. No contacts sighted nor heard with Sonar during this long layover. On the 13th we had to turn the boat for JAVA if we were to be able to go all the way home, our fuel was low to say the least.

Jan 13-19




Transit on course 190°T at 10 kts on standard bell. 3rd watch teams youngest man spotted a MFM composite freighter at bearing 082° at 22.11 on the 19th


Jan 19-20

ATTACK #2




As I reached the bridge ENS Larry Hinton had already turned STURGEON to point directly at the spotted freighter and had rung Full on the bell. So it took no time to establish that it was moving towards North. A couple of 3 min plots showed it going heading 335°T at roughly 12 kts. She was in a hurry! We had an estimated range to the freighter of about 4nm at this point, so we came to a parallel course of 335°T in full for the overtake. We would have all night for The overtake and I did not want to burn off all of our excessive fuel.

At 2300 hours we were clearly ahead of abeam and we started to lean 30° into the freighters course. So now we were moving on heading 305°T. 30 min’s later The overtake was complete and we were roughly 2000 yards away from the freighters predicted course. So now I alerted the whole ship with general quarters, although most men had been fully alert all the time through The overtake anyway. We submerged to periscope depth and balanced her off. The three PO3’s from the fore torpedo room Wiley, Bartlett and Burch made ready the torpedoes and opened doors for tube 1 and 2. Tube 1 was set to run at 15 ft. at normal pace and Tube 2 at 10 ft. on fast pace. Both were set to contact/magnetic.

The freighter was soon identified as a KASAGISAN MARU class. It made no course or speed changes for the 2 hours we had been tracking it. So the solution was very simple. Waited on sonar to call it at bearing 340° - had AOB prepared for the mark at bearing 345° and its speed of 12 kts were already punched into the TDC. Position Keeper was engaged and as the freighter reached bearing 345° I took a range and called the bearing mark. AoB was updated and shortly after Tube 1 was fired on the funnel. Tube 2 was shot shortly after on the fore mast.

The first torpedo to hit was #1. It struck at 0020 hours approximately 15 ft. behind the aim point and there was no apparent result from its damage. #2 struck shortly after right at the aim point. In short time the freighter took a list to the right and the stern started to burry into the sea. She went down in 20 min’s stern first. I believe most of the crew made the rescue boats.


Jan 20-28

Transit to and refit at DARWIN. Strangely enough we did not see a single aircraft on this trip down trough the MAKASSAR STRAIT. The Jap expansion forced us to go for a first visit in AUSTRAILIA. The crew had a splendid night on the town here. But there was no time to waste. There is a war to fight so we had to transit to JAVA to have damage fixed to be able to go on another patrol.




Jan 28-Feb4





Transit without events from DARWIN to JAVA.




SUNK



Number - Type - Class - When - Tons

1 - Freighter -TAIHOSAN MARU class - ATTACK #1 - 1700


1 - Freighter - KASAGISAN MARU class - ATTACK #2 - 2230


Total ships and tonnage

2 - 3930

[Swat]

USS Balao vs two Zeros...AA guns operated by Mr Warder,Murphy and Gallagher again!!!
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/3528/sh42008041412220345xi6.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://imageshack.us/)

[AVGWarhawk]

Ted,

Those black and white pics look like the real thing:up:

[tedhealy]

Not as fruitful as the 1st patrol, but still a great read.

Where are the photos for public relations? You should have included them :D

[CDR Resser]

Ted,

Those black and white pics look like the real thing:up:

They really are amazingly life like.
Excellent work.

Respectfully Submitted;
CDR Resser

Man, I can't wait to get this diaper off my head.

[tedhealy]

Thanks guys. I just crop, desaturate, add small yellowish tint, some blur, and do some voodoo on the color curves for the most part :D

I thought those shots would look good in B&W when I was looking through the scope because the ships were slightly faded due to fog. That slightly faded look reminded me of the few grainy pictures/film I've seen of actual periscope shots.

[walrusbomb]

Kriller2, are those your clouds/skies with w_clear's water?

if yes, how hard was it do splice them together?

[Digital_Trucker]

It seems that the Planet Express spaceship from Futurama morphed into a submarine and caused a small crack in the space-time continuum:yep: I was lucky enough to grab this picture right before I lost consciousness from the ozone accumulation.

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/6629/20080414152059lo1.jpg

I could have sworn I saw VonHammer at the helm, too. Maybe I'm hallucinating.:rotfl:

[Syxx_Killer]

Fry wasn't messing around with the microwave again, was he? :o

Great skin, by the way! :up:

[Mav87th]

LTJG Augustine C. D. Cunningham's photos are now available at these links:



http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/1399/photo1qf7.th.jpg
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/1399/photo1qf7.jpg



http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/3029/photo2qr3.th.jpg
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Have fun

[Digital_Trucker]

Thanks, Admiral Killer, sir. I think Fry was messing with the microwave:rotfl: Or was it that new nuclear ice-cream maker?:damn:

As for the skin, I can't take all the credit. If Foo hadn't done the hires skin, I'd never have known what to change to what:lol:

[bigboywooly]

This ought to keep us under the radar

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/ScreenHunter_001-4.jpg

[THE_MASK]

My latest desktop
http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/923/realwaterwk1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[walrusbomb]

The Future Site of The Honolulu International Airport:

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/126/calldchrge035ht4.jpg

[Gunfighter]

This ought to keep us under the radar

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/ScreenHunter_001-4.jpg
Now that's funny :rotfl: :rotfl:
GUNFIGHTER

[Digital_Trucker]

:rotfl: Under the radar, but not over the sonar. Kind of a catch-22 thing. How long did they do that before they turned blue?:arrgh!:

[clayman]

@Sober .... nice screen!!! :up: :up: :up:

[kriller2]

Kriller2, are those your clouds/skies with w_clear's water?

if yes, how hard was it do splice them together?



No it's the new scene from PE 2.1, since we uses two very different methods on archiving what we want for the skys /env-files and the scene.dat work, it's not that easy as it sounds.

[VonHammer]

heres a couple of screens of a skin that Digital_Trucker did for me.
the skin is based on the Planet Express Ship from the tv show Futurama. and he did a great job of it too.


http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/6506/sh4img20080415214109119rk9.jpg

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/7859/sh4img20080415214243739vj6.jpg

[THE_MASK]

sobers better rock mod 2
sobers better sand II
Tree mod ver 1.1
environmental 4.2a mod (modified by sober /stock 1.4 fog)
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/7876/sh4wowjb7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[walrusbomb]

beautiful, Sober. did you get my PM?

[VonHammer]

It seems that the Planet Express spaceship from Futurama morphed into a submarine and caused a small crack in the space-time continuum:yep: I was lucky enough to grab this picture right before I lost consciousness from the ozone accumulation.

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/6629/20080414152059lo1.jpg

I could have sworn I saw VonHammer at the helm, too. Maybe I'm hallucinating.:rotfl:

nice pic. and heres a couple of more with the PE2 mod
http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/2586/sh4img20080415223456549eq5.jpg

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/6554/sh4img20080415223557817uq5.jpg

[Torps]

Looking at these latest screenshots, I wish UBI would hurry the hell up and give my damn manual unlock code. Its been 3 days already!!:nope:

[clayman]

Dang it sober ... it's like I'm sailing off the coast of Southern California (Catalina to be exact). :up: :up: :up:

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/7876/sh4wowjb7.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)

[VonHammer]

where can find those mods your using?

[Red Devil]

I decided to take, and print, a screen shot of a victim going down, to show a mate and hit ctrl & F11 at the appropriate time - nothing? I went into paint, nothing to paste? Suggestions?

[VonHammer]

did you try looking in the main game folder- thats where most screens are saved.

[swdw]

I decided to take, and print, a screen shot of a victim going down, to show a mate and hit ctrl & F11 at the appropriate time - nothing? I went into paint, nothing to paste? Suggestions?

For me, the right ctrl key won't work. It has to be the left ctrl key. The picture is saved in the Silent Hunter 4 root folder

[Red Devil]

many thanks

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v660/elbmek/sh4-3a.jpg

[piersyf]

I hit a small freighter (1800 tons) with a torp near the stern. Big boom then I saw a dark column standing straight up in the air, wrapped in flames. I went external to have a closer look, and found the aft section still had the guts of the ship attached, and the bows were missing a deck! Totally weird effect, added to by the fact it was at night so these shots have been adjusted so you can see better...

ps, not sure i posted this correctly...


Phttp://img142.imageshack.us/img142/513/skinnedship1do7.jpg

[Red Devil]

I suspect in a way its to do with metal properties, if the sim designers did their physics. If some ships are hit in a certain way, it breaks their back (keel) and sections can "fall off".

[AJ!]

http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/8195/sh42008040920394029ff2.jpg

[AJ!]

woops sorry bout the size :up:

[Red Devil]

Your pic is way too big, its not even opening om ny super newbie pc!!! It should be about 800 x600 max and as few kbs as possible.

ah, it opened.

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/BattleStations.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

Your pic is way too big, its not even opening om ny super newbie pc!!! It should be about 800 x600 max and as few kbs as possible.

ah, it opened.
I won't argue that it's too big, because it is; but I had to ask how super your newbie PC is? Because on my 3-year-old P4 with recently installed 2 GB of RAM it opened instantly.

[Red Devil]

quad core 3gb RAM. It did open but very reluctantly. All to do with memory; this time, it opened instantly but still too big, not even going to bother scrolling.

[Syxx_Killer]

If it is taking a long time to load, it is more likely your internet connection. The properties for that picture say it is only 175kb. 175kb is nothing regardless what size it is.

[piersyf]

First patrol ex Pearl Harbor. My first RSRD patrol. Had no idea it would be so long...

Patrol Log, SS Nautilus SS168

Depart Pearl Harbor 11:00 Dec 8. Sea calm, sky clear.

Arrive Midway 13.00 Dec 15. Fuel use 5%. Topped off tanks. Weather remained fine and sea remained calm through entire leg.

Depart Midway 17:00 Dec 15. Sea calm, sky clear.

12:30 Jan 5. Enter patrol area, Bashi channel. Heavy swell. Seas to 20’. Bridge restricted to watch only. Fuel reserve 88%.

00:02 Jan 10. Move inshore. Hopes of calmer seas coupled with ability to monitor coastal traffic.

12:28 Jan 11. Sound contact, warship and multiple merchants. Seas calm, sky clear. Very good visibility. Visual contact shows 1 destroyer escorting 5 merchants. Position boat to shoreward to allow attack regardless of direction convoy takes.

15:18 Jan 11. Attack sequence completed. First kills! 2 merchants sunk for a total of around 9000 tons. Crew performance good. 13 torpedoes fired for 7 good solutions. 2 hits on port side of destroyer. Set to shallow and magnetic influence they must have detonated prematurely, but in both instances the blast lifted the stern clear of the water. DD developed a strong list to port and fires started on deck, but was still able to make 12kts. 3 hits on merchants with good detonations, 1 dud and one deep runner.
16:34. Surface the boat to pursue remainder of convoy. Send contact report and status report. ComSubPac orders boat to move to Japan – Luzon Strait – Singapore shipping lane and continue hunting with remaining 7 torps, but with 3 merchants and a DD still in contact, decide to finish off the convoy, make a run to Balikpapan and resupply before heading to new location.
22:40. Track convoy moving south at 7.5 kts. Move to position to attack facing east. Dive to periscope depth. Plan to attack last ship in line and hope to draw DD into attacking us so as to sink it with torps and engage merchants with guns. DD refuses to be drawn, even when we surface and pound tail end Charlie down to moving at 3 kts. Occasional shots at long range seems as much as he is willing to do. 6 of the remaining torps fired with 3 hits, sinking a further 2 merchants. Convoy now consists of 1 merchant and one sick DD.

00:08 Jan 12. Contact broken. One torpedo and 24 rds per gun not enough to finish the DD and the merchant. Visual contact lost 00:32. Well out to sea now. Sky clear, seas are calm. All is good with the world! Nautilus comes through without a scratch.

00:01 Jan 13. Clear skies, calm sea. Making 14 kts heading for Balikpapan. Close enough that extra fuel consumption won’t be significant loss.

20:43 Jan 17. Tie up at Balikpapan, fuel reserves 77%. Some cloud, seas calm. Preparations underway for defence of Balikpapan by Dutch as Japanese have secured Tarakan to the north. Original plan to allow crew 24 hrs rest is reduced to 12 hrs. Plan to shove off at 08:45. Take on fuel, ammo, torpedoes and reprovision.

08:45 Jan 18. Seas choppy, waves to 4’. Heavy rain. Visibility very short. Ideal time to slip out of harbour.

14:20 Jan 20. Warship sighted bearing 046. Move to intercept on surface as weather conditions favourable.
15:13. 1 CL and 9 DD’s. Contact report sent. ComSubPac orders contact broken. Not disagreeing.

16:10 Jan 28. Enter second patrol area. Sea calm, sky clear, visibility unlimited.

13:20 Feb 1. First a/c sighting on radar. Dive to avoid detection.

20:16 Feb 1. Leave patrol area. Intend visiting Okinawa and examining port defences.

00:01 Feb 2. ComSubPac orders Nautilus to Singapore. Decide to continue investigation of Okinawa before heading south.
11:35. Go to periscope depth on approach Itoman harbor, Okinawa.
11:40. Sound contact, warship.
17:36. Go to action stations. In position to engage screen. Sound man has only identified single DD guarding harbour entrance. DD identified as Asashio class.
DD changed course, possible that periscope was sighted. Waters very shallow. No pinging, sub stationary. DD passes directly overhead with boat at 50’. As DD passes order all ahead flank. 4 depth charges dropped, but late. No damage. Destroyer presumably speculating on our presence. Periscope raised and solution determined for short range shot from stern tubes. 2 fish shot at range of 700yds, one hit.
18:00. DD down at bows but still underway. Reduce to slow and enter harbour.
18:47. Stationary in middle of Itoman harbor. 3 auxiliary gunboats and 8 merchants tied up. Execute leisurely attacks as damaged DD unwilling to enter harbour. Will deal with him on exit.
22:04. Complete attacks. 3 merchants and DD destroyed. Of the 18 torpedoes fired 8 were duds. A lot of tonnage left untouched because of that.

11:05 Feb 14. Tie up in Darwin. Replenish supplies, crew allowed 24hrs rest. Opportunity to post Valentines home, although they won’t get there until Christmas…

11:00 Feb 15, depart Darwin for Singapore.

01:26 Feb 21. top off tanks Tjilitjap.

04:58 Feb 24. Enter 3rd patrol area off Singapore.

00:01 Feb 28. No sightings. Decide to investigate Singapore harbor.

16:08. Warship sighted at Singapore breakwater. Stationary small gunboat.
21:58. Enter Singapore harbor. Heavy rain, visibility 1000yds.
22:13 Gunboat sunk.
22:49 Merchant sunk. No other shipping present. Decide to investigate Changi.

04:09 Mar 1. Enter channel near Changi. Very heavy rain, visibility 600yds. Sight and sink 1 minelayer and a small tanker.
05:08. Rain stops and sky starts to clear catching us on the surface 250yds off shore.
07:33. Sight small fishing boat. Sink it with gunfire. Head to new patrol area 300nm NE of Singapore.

15:17 Mar 2. Enter 4th patrol area.

00:01 Mar 6. No sightings. Heading home via Okinawa again.

06:11 Mar 15. Arrive off Itoman harbour. No sound contacts. Visibility near zero.
06:25 Sound contact, warship. Range and bearing indicate screen for Naha harbor to the north.
10:23. Inside Itoman harbor. Visibility 800yds due to heavy rain. Sight 2 ships damaged from our previous visit. 1 has sunk the other still afloat, if barely.
15:52.. Rain easing. Last attack completed. Assessing results and preparing to leave. Sunk were old medium oiler (11:20), old medium oiler (12:19), small old oiler (15:04), medium modern split merchant (15:52).
16:47. Chase tug out of Itoman, surface and sink with gunfire. Turn boat around and head north to Naha. 4 torpedoes remaining.
22:07. Arrive NW Naha 4000yds from breakwater. Enter harbor. I DD and 4 gunboats patrolling, however DD is to the south and gunboats are stationary. Sink 2 oilers in harbor (23:36 and 23:41)and 1 large modern composite merchant tied to outer breakwater (23:59). No attempt by enemy to locate us. All torps expended. The Darwin torps were very good, only 2 duds out of 20. Set course for Pearl. 4,900 miles to home. Set course, order ahead full. A week saved is worth the fuel.

03:03 March 31. Arrive Pearl, 48% fuel remaining, 60 torpedoes expended. First patrol ends after 113 days. Credited with 3 warships and 18 merchants for just under 70,000 tons.

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/CruisingTaskForce.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/Mediiiiiiiiiiicc.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/Weather.jpg
1 Cruising with the Task Force 2 Mediiiiiicc 3 Its Raining Sir

[Captain Vlad]

Testing out my new photobucket album...how ya'll like this one?

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk188/CaptainVlad/Silent%20Hunter%20IV/SeadragoninChoppyWatersBW.jpg

[ChanceBS]

Some shots from a patrol in the Bismark Sea. Oct 1943. The patrol turned up a small convoy and I was able to send 1 destroyer and 6 Merchants to the bottom. They never figured out where I was as not one depth charged dropped near the sub. All torps were expended as I am a lousy shot so we exited the area.
Later that night a radar contact was picked up and I submerged to avoid. A large convoy of tankers and troop ships w/escorts went by at 8000 yards! And I am out of torps. After they went by I surfaced and called in the location of the convoy via radio. I actually rec'd a response from HQ telling us nice find.
A few seconds later I relized that 3 destroyers had hung back expecting me. They all opened fire and we took 5 or six direct hits. We crashed dived but once below the surface the sub flooded in the engine room and forward torpedo room. We were going down. The stern dropped so far below the bow, that we were almost vertical about 70-80 degrees. We went through 300 feet. Becuase of the angle I ordered Flank speed.
The screws were barely turning but it was enough to hold us. we stopped sinking. I could not believe it.
Repairs took another 2 hours of real time as i did not dare to accelerate the time. Two hours of Pressure hull fixed sir to Heavy flooding. The destroyers finaly moved on and we Surfaced!
We surfaced and went home. Crew was banged up a bit but no deaths. And I got a pretty cool Medal. My first ever in the entire series.
One of the most exciting Missions I have ever done in SH4. I had to share this one.
Thanks to my crew and only them I made it home.
(REAL FLEET BOAT 1.4 Mod in use)
Why some of my friends think this sim is boring I will never understand.
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x75/ChanceBS/SH4Img2008-04-23_204615_199.jpg
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[piersyf]

Summary of Patrol Log, War Patrol 2, USS Nautilus SS168
April 18 to June 9 1942

Patrol Area: Bashi Channel, Luzon Strait. 2130N 12130E x 100nm. Time on station 72hrs.

Duration: 51 days. 44 days in transit, 7 days on station and in operations.

Torpedoes: 20 Mk14 torpedoes carried. 20 shot. 19 hits (95%), 6 hits were duds (30%). Of principal concern was a defensive shoot against a destroyer at a range of 800yds with 2 dud torpedoes.

Tonnage: Estimated 59,400t. 13 merchant vessels and 1 warship.

Boat: Performed excellently. Good cruise. Some light damage from Jap 25mm.

Crew: Excellent. Recommend XO for Patrol Star. Also recommend he get his own boat at next opportunity.

Log Summary:

April 18
20.03 Depart Pearl. Set course for Midway.

April 24
01.45 Arrive Midway. Top off tanks. Set transit speed to patrol area at 10kts.

May 9
02.51 Merchant spotted. Crew to action stations and dive to periscope depth.
03.23 2 torpedoes fired. One deep runner, one hit at stern.
03.25 Target dead in the water. Surface and engage with guns.
03.27 Target sinks. Old composite freighter, approx 4000t.
13.27 Aircraft picked up on radar. Dive to avoid.
23.57 Ship spotted, merchant at 9000yds. Increase speed to full, change course to parallel. Crew called to action stations.

May 10
00.59 Target course calculated at 155 degrees, speed 11 kts. Long chase to gain firing position.
02.10 2 torpedoes fired, range 900yds. 2 hits, both good detonations. Large explosion tears ship apart, sinking her in under a minute. Approx 3000t.
16.31 3rd air contact today. Japs have stepped up air cover since our last patrol.
22.36 Enter patrol area. Fuel remaining 81%. Sky clear, sea dead calm.

May 13
05.06 Ship spotted, 9000yds. Turning to intercept. Japs are moving at higher speeds now. This one calculated at 10kts.
06.29 Firing position reached. 2 fish shot at 800yds. Both hit, ship explodes and sinks immediately. Approx 5,000t.
13.58 Ship spotted. Move to firing position.
14.19 1 torpedo fired. Hit on the bows.
14.26 Surfaced and called battle stations. Engaged crippled merchant with guns from 2,500yds.
14.28 Ship sinks, 6 rounds HE fired in total. Approx. 4,000t
20.01 Air contact on radar. Dive to avoid.
20.23 While still avoiding aircraft, sound man picks up merchant at long range. Move to intercept.
20.59 Second sound contact, parallel track approx 4,000yds astern first merchant.
21.19 2 torpedoes fired from bow tubes at lead merchant. One hit, one dud. Move to other side of the track, swap targets to trailing merchant.
21.27 1 torpedo fired stern tube. Hits, resulting in large explosion. Ship sinks quickly (7,000t)
22.29 First target sinks (5,000t) Sonar picks up another sound contact. Move to chase on surface. Target speed calculated at 10kts. Visual contact on and off as weather deteriorates. Eventually close to a reasonable distance but visibility now almost zero. As track and speed are well established fire on sonar only. 3 fish shot, 1 miss, 2 hits. One is a dud. Surface the boat and cruise around with gun crews at the ready to finish her off, however when vessel located she is already sinking.

May 16
07.00 Sound contact, merchant. 2 attempts to locate fail due to heavy rain and inability to predict track.

May 17
03.25 Sound contact, warship. Harbour guard for Isia Iun. Boat positioned NNW of harbour entrance. Sonar recon of DD track shows racetrack location. Heavy rain continues which should mask our movements. Set boat to creep into the harbour.
13.29 Finally inside harbour. 10 hours to cover 9,000yds. Depth 48’ to keel and occasionally brushing the bottom.
14.09 2 merchants spotted, tied up. 2 torpedoes fired. Both hit. One good, one dud. 5 fish left. DD has located us but is unable to attack as we are positioned such that he would risk collision with wharf or breakwater.
14.29 2 more torpedoes shot, one at a third merchant, one at the first which was hit but refusing to sink. Both hit and detonate. DD getting angry. Each pass we get pinged but he cannot line up. His approaches are slightly different each time, so he may figure it out soon.
14.42 DD approaches from a different angle, but still won’t pass over us. He will, however, hit the breakwater unless he slows significantly. This will put him almost dead in the water at a predictable spot only 800yds off our beam. Prepare our last 3 fish and sight on the sound bearing.
14.47 DD comes out of the rain at a range of 900yds and will pass down our starboard side. Firing solution calculated on estimated position he must stop or run aground.
14.49 Torpedo fired at DD. Hit, but a dud. DD stationary.
14.51 2nd torpedo fired. Dud. DD manoeuvring to turn towards rather than backing away. He seems to have lost his reason, but we are still in trouble. Prepare boat for high speed exit.
14.55 DD has managed to turn broadside as we shoot our last fish. It hits under the bridge but doesn’t seem to do much damage. We run, but DD doesn’t follow and seems to be stationary. Move to deeper water and wait.
15.31 Destroyer sinks! Surface and move to northern end of harbour to engage remaining merchants with gunfire.
18.14 Ammunition expended. No active defence and masking heavy rain allowed piecemeal destruction of merchants. 3 merchants and a large junk sunk for almost 14,000t to guns alone. Depart area and set course for Pearl.

June 9
19.00 arrive Pearl Harbour, fuel remaining 18%.

[Red Devil]

If it is taking a long time to load, it is more likely your internet connection. The properties for that picture say it is only 175kb. 175kb is nothing regardless what size it is.

negative - 20GB broadband

[Mav87th]

Bold approaches there Piersyf :arrgh!: STOP

Good luck to you and the Nautilus on your comming patrols STOP

Best wishes from the crew and commander of USS Sturgeon STOP

[piersyf]

Thanks Mav87. Third patrol was to Tokyo bay. Moved north and attacked a harbour there, but 40% of torps were duds. I got shot up a bit this time, had 12 crew wounded and 11% hull damage. When we got back (still with 37,000t even if only 12 torps worked) instead of my XO getting a boat, I got one. My XO got the Nautilus and half the old crew. My new boat (Drum) has a somewhat inexperienced crew, AND they gave me a boat with only a 3 inch deck gun... I think they're trying to tell me something!:arrgh!:

[LukeFF]

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x75/ChanceBS/SH4Img2008-04-24_002658_955.jpg

So flattered to see you're using my name. :lol: Using the RFB mod?

[Torps]

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/3995/takaown7.jpg

[Biggles]

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/5397/sh4img200804242335rw7.jpg

[Red Devil]

On the subject of opening images, ok the thread is heavily inclined in that direction, but I think it may have been a momentary "glitch" as I have just opened this thread again and all images hit the screen virtually simultaneously.

[Swat]

http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/2654/sh42008042700555432ux2.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://load.imageshack.us/)
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/6905/sh42008042700501025bs7.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://imageshack.us/)
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[kriller2]

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[Nisgeis]

That's riding very high in the water, Kriller.

[kriller2]

That's riding very high in the water, Kriller.
Yes it's the ROW roll pitch mod doing it, Dave raised the submarine in order to get the sub to roll more on the waves.

BTW release of PE3 will be tonight :)

[Doolittle81]

That's riding very high in the water, Kriller.
Yes it's the ROW roll pitch mod doing it, Dave raised the submarine in order to get the sub to roll more on the waves....
:)

I thought that the SWDW 'diverate' MOD corrected the high-riding subs....this diverate MOD was incorporated into PE2 (as an option for installation). I therefore thought the high-riding subs were fixed in PE2. Is/was that true....and will such a MOD be incorporated into PE3?

[kriller2]

That's riding very high in the water, Kriller.
Yes it's the ROW roll pitch mod doing it, Dave raised the submarine in order to get the sub to roll more on the waves....
:)

I thought that the SWDW 'diverate' MOD corrected the high-riding subs....this diverate MOD was incorporated into PE2 (as an option for installation). I therefore thought the high-riding subs were fixed in PE2. Is/was that true....and will such a MOD be incorporated into PE3?
Yes the diverate mod is included, but Dave's work makes the sub react better to the oceans movements.

[fireship4]

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a155/fireship4/sub.jpg

[walrusbomb]

PE3!!!

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4820/calldchrge036ju3.jpg

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[Syxx_Killer]

My first patrol in a long time with fleet boats and with the new PE3. This is USS Whale on a bright, beautiful morning. :sunny:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-04-28_223530_171.jpg

[fireship4]

PE3 aswell but mostly an instructional on why ramming does not work in game...

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a155/fireship4/sub4.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a155/fireship4/sub3.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a155/fireship4/sub6.jpghttp://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a155/fireship4/sub5.jpg

[Red Devil]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v660/elbmek/sh4-6.jpg

I SAID I'll be back!!!

Jap merchant goes down off Phillipines 1943

[kriller2]

PE3 aswell but mostly an instructional on why ramming does not work in game...

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a155/fireship4/sub4.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a155/fireship4/sub3.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a155/fireship4/sub6.jpghttp://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a155/fireship4/sub5.jpg
:o you ram into a ship and your sub sinks ? :hmm: I hope not..

[fireship4]

It was a wooden fishing boat too! Believe that? Sub worked fine, just was upside down and couldn't dive deep. At least shows there is a real bouyancy in the game.

[gAiNiAc]

War Patrol.....Rabaul........

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/844/warpatrolbf2.jpg

[Syxx_Killer]

War Patrol.....Rabaul........



Now that is an awesome shot! :cool:

Here are a few I recently took while messing around with the Battle off Samar mission.

For some reason this shot of Yamato really struck me.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-04-30_173138_046.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-04-30_173613_031.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-04-30_173626_046.jpg

[kriller2]

Notice how the submarine reflects on the water:
http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/7382/pe31sunrisefi9.jpg

[Aur0ra145]

Bad or worst situation ever?

http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/3125/sh4img200805011127hf0.jpg

[Syxx_Killer]

This is from my previous night encounter.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-05-01_161004_125.jpg

I wasn't even going to keep this shot when I took it, but I find it strangely ironic in a way. It is from a sinking Momoyama Maru during rough seas.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-05-01_194158_906.jpg

And a sinking Zinbu. I liked this shot because with no crew on deck, it has a sort of strange anonymity to it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-05-01_195400_203.jpg

[Char]

I made a topic containing this Screenie,but this is the one I like the most(Note the SD radar antenna)

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm47/Blazer0079/FirstLook.jpg

[gAiNiAc]

Notice how the submarine reflects on the water:
http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/7382/pe31sunrisefi9.jpg

Wow! Is that PE3?

[kriller2]

Hi Ganiac, Yes with PE3 patch 3.1 :cool:

[Defiance]

Here's a Few from Krillers latest PE:3 Many Thanks :) (thanks also to any others involved in PE)

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/Defiance_co/SH4Img2008-05-05_145832_234.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/Defiance_co/SH4Img2008-05-05_162318_828.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/Defiance_co/SH4Img2008-05-05_170428_921.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/Defiance_co/SH4Img2008-05-05_170615_859.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/Defiance_co/SH4Img2008-05-05_175906_343-1.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/Defiance_co/SH4Img2008-05-05_180921_656-1.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/Defiance_co/SH4Img2008-05-05_192439_484-1.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/Defiance_co/SH4Img2008-05-05_192912_968-1.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/Defiance_co/SH4Img2008-05-05_192937_765-1.jpg

2nd pic, The smoke is from a carrier behind it lol

Cheers

Ciao

Def

[THE_MASK]

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/8765/sh4landhk9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[walrusbomb]

damn sober. that is nice. nearly photo-real!

is that your latest ROCK mod?

[Swat]

Guys...Thank you for everything...I have no words....Simply love PE 3 mod...FANTASTIC WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/1431/sh42008050700371845kp4.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://load.imageshack.us/)

[Defiance]

Double Damn Sober,

That pic WOULD pass as a damn superb photo !!

Awesomely lovely arty shot that captures everything that's good

Well some more pics as i use external view in TMo purely for snaps

Can't resist it, Here's pics of PE:3 with TMo and RSRDC and mixed up mods :lol:

Stormy weather, Love this PE effect
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/Defiance_co/1-5.jpg

Nice calm day in the pacific, Slight clouds
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/Defiance_co/2-5.jpg

Lucky Escape, Last of my fish was a dud lol or this would of been deadmeat
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/Defiance_co/4-3.jpg

Here's an old one of Daves ROW (note the green reflection that bugged him)

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/Defiance_co/SH4Img18-10-2007_533-1.jpg

Dang i love the main mods i use :)

Have Fun

Ciao

Def

[Syxx_Killer]

USS Pogy during an early morning sunrise :cool:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-05-06_222124_125.jpg

[THE_MASK]

damn sober. that is nice. nearly photo-real!

is that your latest ROCK mod? Yeah , not that good close up but at a distance can look spectacular .

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/SHLogo.jpg
Will resize to 1680x1050

[Defiance]

Hey i like that Gunfighter :)

Ciao

Def

[Mush Martin]

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e368/MartinPicfix/SH4Img2008-05-07_081728_515.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e368/MartinPicfix/SH4Img2008-05-07_082119_890.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e368/MartinPicfix/SH4Img2008-05-07_082120_453.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e368/MartinPicfix/SH4Img2008-05-07_082120_812.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e368/MartinPicfix/SH4Img2008-05-07_082417_968.jpg

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/EternalPatrol.jpg
Will Resize 1680x1050

[silent killer]

dec 17 1941, at 08:52 i sank a AI jap subbetween camranh bay and saigon 10 degrees north 110 degrees east. dont have a screen capture to show. ist one i have seen.

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/RFBPrject12.jpg
Desktop if your in to RFB

[Sailor Steve]

Gunfighter, the first one is very good, but that second one...it's fantastic!:rock:

[Mr. Redbird]

Sorry for the Noob questions. Does PE replace TM 1.7? Where can I get PE? Can I use saved career points from TM 1.7 with PE? Again I apologize if these are dumb questions?

[ReallyDedPoet]

Some tough sledding with Trigger Maru :dead::dead:

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/7906/triggermv5.jpg

The attack was relentless, this was the end result :roll:


RDP

[ReallyDedPoet]

Sorry for the Noob questions. Does PE replace TM 1.7? Where can I get PE? Can I use saved career points from TM 1.7 with PE? Again I apologize if these are dumb questions?

Just do a search for PE and you will come across it, it is now compatible with TM, just follow the instructions that come with the mod. Make sure you are in port when you install.


RDP

[Mush Martin]

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e368/MartinPicfix/SH4Img2008-05-07_1630.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e368/MartinPicfix/SH4Img2008-05-07_1647.jpg

[Ducimus]

An "end around" in the land of the rising sun.
http://www.ducimus.net/sh4/endaround.jpg

[tedhealy]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v290/yurkb/sh4/SH4Img2008-05-09_125056_.jpg

[Syxx_Killer]

USS Pogy in the Coral Sea enroute to the Solomons for patrol.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-05-09_165133_234.jpg

[Syxx_Killer]

What's wrong with my watchman? He seems to have some sort of skin condition. :o

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-05-09_205014_921.jpg

After an unsuccessful surface attack at a Nippon Maru in a small convoy in the Bismarck Sea, I picked up this task force after managing to evade three DDs hounding me from said convoy. I was not in a good position so all I could do was watch them sail by and wonder what could have been... :damn:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-05-09_214935_750.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-05-09_215103_906.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-05-09_215117_062.jpg

A few days later I am attacked by some of Duci's famous evil airplanes. :lol:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-05-09_215838_796.jpg

I have always wondered why Kent Heavy Cruisers insist on putting around at 5 knots outside Brisbane. They're just asking to become sub food.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-05-09_220621_453.jpg

Upon finishing that patrol (I got two Horai Marus), I was notified I was getting a new conning tower.

USS Pogy gets her spiffy new tower. :cool:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-05-09_221620_890.jpg

[Syxx_Killer]

Heading out to drop off an Australian agent on the Solomans.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-05-10_141911_656.jpg

Prop check!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-05-10_144137_859.jpg

[kriller2]

Here is something that don't happen often, the weather is shifting from nice weather to rain in PE3.3, the result is
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/2461/pe33le3.jpg

and a sunrise the next day:
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/8861/pe33sunrisejh6.jpg

[Zero Niner]

Some shots of a Taiyo-class CVE that fell victim to the USS Spearfish on her first patrol. This occured in the vicinity of the Solomons in Aug 1942.

I had actually picked up a radar contact which I managed to intercept. It resolved into a small TF in line astern formation, comprising in the lead, an Asashio-class DD, the Taiyo, a Mogami-class CA, then another DD.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/Spearfish%201/Taiyo.jpg

I submerged off the port bow of the TF and lay in wait. I launched 3 fish, of which one was a dud. But two hit roughly in the centre which was enough to induce a severe list to port.

Here you can see the wake from the torps.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/Spearfish%201/taiyo2.jpg

The result:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/Spearfish%201/Kaboom1.jpg
2nd hit
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/Spearfish%201/Kaboom2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/Spearfish%201/Listingbadly.jpg

I fired the last torp in the bow tube. Unfortunately the lead DD had circled back and took the torp meant for the CVE.

I swung around and fired one torp from the stern tube. By now the Taiyo was dead in the water.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/Spearfish%201/Kaboom3.jpg

It sank soon after the 3rd hit, followed by the DD about 10 minutes later.

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/WarIsHell.jpg

[piersyf]

Patrol number I forget... September 1943. Sent to Tarawa to recon, then to the Marshalls to patrol, then to the Marshalls to hunt for baddies... then just let loose to hunt. Nothing sighted at all. If you look over the first 2 patrol logs you'll see I have been developing a taste for raiding harbours. After being let loose on this last patrol I had a choice of Rabaul, Truk or Wake, all of which were reachable with fuel to get home. I've raided Rabual twice already, and enjoyed sneaking past the submerged mountain at the north end of Wake, but the one and only attempt I made on Truk I almost got my butt handed to me because I got caught between a subchaser and the anti-submarine nets on the west side of the island. I made it out, but with lots of holes in the hull. Now, with more experience, and a boat full of fish, I decided to go back.
Looking at the map I couldn't see any likely place where the nets would hang over water deep enough to let me slide under. Instead, I turned the surface search radar to full range scan and cruised up and down the east side of the Island doing a recce. 5 patrol vessels in total. I waited until they were heading in opposite directions, aimed for the gap and opened the throttles. I entered Truk in broad daylight, at flank speed, on the surface! Once I was in shallow water I figured I'd crossed the nets, slowed and submerged.
On the way in the radar had picked up 4 stationary vessels in the centre of the port area. I clicked on them expecting them to be merchants, but it came up as a task force. So far the biggest warship I'd sunk was a CL, so this was promising. I slip as deep as I can, only 10 feet below the keel, and move into a firing position. Major hassle is that I have a mix of Mk23's and Mk14's, so I need to get inside 4000yds.
Move in, stop engines, raise scope. 4 BB's, all stationary! Yamatao, Fuso, Kongo and I forget the 4th. Here's me with 4 stationary BB's and a full boat of fish! Playtime!:arrgh!:
I did discover that ships in port are harder to sink. 8 hits on Yamato including 2 magazine explosions (very pretty) and she finally went down. Well, sat on the bottom. Didn't even get her decks wet it was so shallow. Fuso also went down, on her side. Other 2 also settled on the bottom, but although they were decks awash, and making the 'sunk ship' sound, the still came up as valid targets on the attack map, I could still lock with the scope, and I didn't get a 'sink' message. Damn. Still, 2 BB's in a patrol is a good haul, and crippling 2 more ... :sunny:. By now I have 2 escorts buzzing around. My developed trick of placing myself in a firing position difficult to pass over worked... the harbour defence boat scooted by and ran straight into a dock... and tied up! Must be an AI thing. The subchaser was a different story. Him I had a very hard time getting rid of. I used my last 2 torps (stern) to get rid of him. They fly well, don't they?

By now it's dark, and with no fish left, time to run. Again, to miss the nets, it's a surface run. I come up to 29 feet so the radar will work to find 7 escorts patrolling along my chosen route. 2 are stationary, so really only defining a route, while the other 5 need to be avoided. Again, using the radar I pick the time, come to the surface and go to flank. I had to keep nudging the course north to avoid 2 of them, but we did it. A clear run back to port, and my first battlewagons!

Oh, no medal either. Didn't crack the 100,000ton mark.

P

[Syxx_Killer]

USS Jack on calm seas at sunrise

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-05-13_193116_593.jpg

USS Jack diving to PD closing in for the kill

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-05-13_203618_343.jpg

[Zero Niner]

A victim of the USS Spearfish on her 2nd war patrol, in the Bismarck Sea.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/Victim.jpg

Another victim from the same patrol.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/Victimablaze.jpg

[CaptainNemo]

"Rest in peace.."

http://www.aotd-flottille.de/Bilder/shipsink.jpg

[Petur]

Welcome to SUBSIM Petur :up:
Don't worry you'll sink your share :yep:




RDP

Thank you :D

[Syxx_Killer]

I was attacking a convoy when these two ships got bungled up with each other. I hit and disabled one and the other just sat there as it rammed into the other. I heard the sound that ships make when they hit bottom and followed the noise with the external cam to see what all the commotion was. I found the one ship landing on top of the other.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-05-14_230905_343.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-05-14_230918_328.jpg

[Zero Niner]

Would be cool to see, but the screenies are just too dark... :(

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/AllHands.jpg

[stabiz]

Great shot, CaptainNemo!

[gAiNiAc]

500 Yards....giver or take.....Heavy fog, rain.....

6 fish under the keel, took only 4.......

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/7741/gother0001cp9.jpg


http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/7393/cruising0001hi1.jpg

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/Waypoint.jpg
A Waypoint To Far

[DeepIron]

Man, you just can't beat the the RFB/PE3 combo. (Images resized to 800x600).

Medium freighter split in half in Kiska Bay:
http://www.northrim.net/jhouck/images/SH4/broke_in_half.jpg

Bow shot on a modern freighter off Kyushu in heavy seas:
http://www.northrim.net/jhouck/images/SH4/bow_shot.jpg

Same freighter plunging and leaving debris and oil slick:
http://www.northrim.net/jhouck/images/SH4/plunging.jpg

Now, if I could just get the trees off the Aleutian Islands....

[Syxx_Killer]

I recently started yet another new career on Dec. 8, 1941 at Manila (USS Skipjack). My orders were to drop an agent off... on Manila. Why didn't he just drive? Would have got there a LOT faster! :lol:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-05-16_210520_781.jpg

But he insisted on the slow way...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-05-16_210826_796.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-05-16_210840_265.jpg

After dropping him off I sent a status report to get new orders that were farther than 19nm away. :88)

For some reason I just like this shot.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-05-16_211814_593.jpg

I like this night one, too.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-05-16_212105_140.jpg

[DeepIron]

The Asashio (in the foreground) had the misfortune of running down the starboard side of the medium freighter in the background. The net effect was taking one of the two torps I intended for the freighter... Her momentum carried her quite a distance while she broke apart.

Two for one...

http://www.northrim.net/jhouck/images/SH4/Overlap.jpg

Got held down by two destroyers... One pinging, the other laying down the ashcans...

The Waiting Game...
http://www.northrim.net/jhouck/images/SH4/The%20Waiting%20Game.jpg

[Paajtor]

http://i25.tinypic.com/2uny70w.gif

[Syxx_Killer]

rofl! :rotfl: That poor U-Boat! :cry:

[THE_MASK]

http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/72/sub1qn6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/strike1.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/strike2.jpg
Strike 1
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/strike3.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/strike4.jpg
Strke 2
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/strike5.jpg
Strike 3
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/strike6.jpg
A T3 Tanker Burns Well
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/Look.jpg
and look what they gave me Mommy

[Burstar]

Trying to get artsy....

The Jap plane seen here crashed literally 1' off my starboard side.

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll10/Burstar/Untitled-3.jpg
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll10/Burstar/Untitled-2.jpg

Artificial canvas look...
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll10/Burstar/targetsatsunsetcopy.jpg

A little pic I like to call "murder by moonlight"
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll10/Burstar/MURDERbymoonlight.jpg

[kriller2]

Nice screenshot Burnstar!, I like the 2'end screenshot with the plane falling from the sky! :up:

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/Kriller21.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/Kriller22.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/Kriller2.jpg
Just to say Thank You to Kriller2 and his Team For PE3.3

[Elder-Pirate]

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y116/oleman/BedTime.jpg

YAWNNNNNN what a day. Time to get some z's.

[Gunfighter]

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y116/oleman/BedTime.jpg

YAWNNNNNN what a day. Time to get some z's.
Good Night E-P

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/Combo.jpg
Screenie from PE3.3 and EE 4.5 combined BLOODY AWESOME Again my THANKS to Kriller2 & Team (PE3.3) and W_Clear (EE 4.5)

[DaSloth]

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/5601/sh4img20080513131508593mp5.png

[Zero Niner]

Some shots of victims from the Spearfish's 2nd war patrol, in which we sank a Takao-class CA and 10 merchants.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/Spearfish%202/victim3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/Spearfish%202/victim.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/Spearfish%202/victim2.jpg

[Syxx_Killer]

I just started a new career with USS Pogy and TMO. This is my first torpedo attack with the new career.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-05-22_191747_750.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-05-22_191801_484.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-05-22_191846_859.jpg

Horai Maru goes down. It's funny, I can remember what ship is what when they are referred to by their Maru name, but when they are called by their stock game name I don't know which ship is which! :oops::damn:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-05-22_192422_890.jpg

Abandon ship!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-05-22_192442_687.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-05-22_192447_750.jpg

The hunt continues...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-05-22_193952_843.jpg

[Ducimus]

Nice screenies!

And to think i almost tossed my unit cam changes out the window :roll:

[Burstar]

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll10/Burstar/sh42008-05-2023-50-12-72.jpg (http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll10/Burstar/sh42008-05-2023-50-12-72.jpg)

[ReallyDedPoet]

Some stormy weather south of Japan.


RDP

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/3508/stormcl8.jpg

[Paajtor]

http://www.61shap.com/pilots/Paajtor/ETQW/etqw%202008-04-27%2023-36-41-04a.jpg (http://www.61shap.com/pilots/Paajtor/ETQW/etqw%202008-04-27%2023-36-41-04.jpg)


*edit.wait a min, wrong game lol

[Syxx_Killer]

What game is that? I want that gun for my Gato! :lol::arrgh!:

[Paajtor]

It's from EnemyTerritory:QuakeWars....it's the nicest coastline I've ever seen in any game, including FarCry/Crysis.

that's not a gun, those are my spykes, to slice through human flesh!:rock:

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/MoonShot.jpg
From a Picture by DaSloth
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/UBMissions.jpg
Will resize to 1680x1050 22"Monitor

[wolfast]

http://a712.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/29/l_5ae47dc23294d1a4a7f1a64913b601ff.jpghttp://a614.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/57/l_e026c605a90ec357b7e8fed16bdc2465.jpg
http://a577.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/79/l_052b6991957f606af62d284fb4abf650.jpg
http://a4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/70/l_2e8822c64e303fcbc60a50e9f719d733.jpg
http://a894.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/27/l_ed1e474f2bcec8e101af684440d37c35.jpg
http://a890.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/114/l_b14916d7bc6d7ea0c59ccea50541ea41.jpg

[Zero Niner]

From the Spearfish's 3rd patrol, when we encountered an airborne contact. Dove to periscope depth in time, but we still got attacked! :eek:

Turns out the enemy a/c was an Emily:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/Spearfish%203/Emily1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/Spearfish%203/Emily2.jpg

We dove to 100' and surfaced only hours later. As we did so, it became quite clear why, despite being at periscope depth, we got attacked...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/Spearfish%203/Peridepth.jpg

[Burstar]

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll10/Burstar/sh42008-05-2211-12-17-80.jpg

[Burstar]

I'm thinking IJN needs to L2 Traffic control...

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll10/Burstar/OMG.jpg

[Burstar]

I need a new watch crew...

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll10/Burstar/sh42008-05-2121-01-35-50.jpg

What the hell do you call those lines of smoke on the horizon you morons!!!???

[Forrest]

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/3514/sh4img20080519170831078ds4.jpg

[Ronin1975]

Hi there, last patrol I saw a freighter and fired 3 torpedo's. 1st and 2nd were hits and she was already going down as the 3rd torpedo was still underway.
Then i noticed that they lowered a lifeboat into the sea when my 3rd torpedo hit the ship as well. The blast destroyed the lifeboat and i was credited with "Ship sunk Lifeboat 1 ton"

:rock:
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/5273/lifeboatdp2.jpg


:smug:

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/SSaver123.jpg
Resize to 1680x1050 22" monitor

[THE_MASK]

scouting for the jap menace
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/2525/japislandsnl9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Gunfighter]

I like the colours in Scouting for the Jap menace sober.

Gunfighter

[tener]

this is how my game now looks,and this is now my desk top.....nice:
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q98/tener_01/SH4Img2008-05-29_182057_468.jpg

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/GoodDay2.jpg
We took on 6 DDs and Won the day "Sweet"

[stew278]

You only run into this sort of thing when you're RTB with empty tubes:damn:
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa312/jbstew278/Untitled0-22-12-17.jpg

You'll never sink me with that kind of teamwork
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa312/jbstew278/Untitled0-0-59-18.jpg

Man the AA guns!!
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa312/jbstew278/sh4exe010-51-48.jpg

[Syxx_Killer]

Here are a couple old shots of mine that I took early on when I had version 1.4. I was messing around with the Midway single mission. The second task force appraoched and I tried to wreak a little havoc on it. Amidst the bedlam a Kongo ran over one of his little DD buddies. Kinda felt sorry for the little guy but not too much. :lol:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-04-07_211812_421.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-04-07_211834_687.jpg

[THE_MASK]

I need a new watch crew...

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll10/Burstar/sh42008-05-2121-01-35-50.jpg

What the hell do you call those lines of smoke on the horizon you morons!!!??? The game doesnt allow smoke to be seen by your crew so thats why in stock game there is no horizon smoke . Thats exactly why i dont use that smoke mod . BTW there is nothing stopping you from using it and spotting it yourself but for the fact that you have to be in 1TC for it to work lol .

[sqk7744]

scouting for the jap menace
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/2525/japislandsnl9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

W:o:oW Sober, that video card is looking sharp!

Good to see you back in these waters mate.
-sqk

[Swat]

http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/2293/sh42008053117380793tu6.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://www.imageshack.us/)

[woofiedog]

:D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/woofiedog/ActionStations.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/woofiedog/ActionStations2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/woofiedog/ActionStations4.jpg

[Torps]

http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/2729/risetn6.th.jpg (http://img372.imageshack.us/my.php?image=risetn6.jpg)
http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/8600/byecl8.th.jpg (http://img74.imageshack.us/my.php?image=byecl8.jpg)
http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/1305/daydc4.th.jpg (http://img74.imageshack.us/my.php?image=daydc4.jpg)
http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/1816/sunset3346dj4.th.jpg (http://img74.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sunset3346dj4.jpg)
http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/9568/setting3346li7.th.jpg (http://img74.imageshack.us/my.php?image=setting3346li7.jpg)
http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/8351/dat3346tc5.th.jpg (http://img74.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dat3346tc5.jpg)

EVGA 9800GX2

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/3753/settingsjl2.jpg

[CDR Resser]

Those pics look really great Torps. Can you elaborate on your hybrid of the the two environmental mods.

Respectfully Submitted;
CDR Resser

[TarJak]

My first SHIV screenshots. Today was the first time I've taken the thing out of the box since I got it 12 months ago:

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT3478.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT3479.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT3480.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT3481.jpg

[woofiedog]

Been having a Blast with the surface fleet... :up:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/woofiedog/ScreenShot115-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/woofiedog/ScreenShot117-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/woofiedog/ScreenShot119.jpg

[TarJak]

Midway; Some photographs from the IJN Archives Tokyo:

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT3517.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT3523.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT3526.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT3527.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT3525.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT3536.jpg

[Syxx_Killer]

Awesome shots, TarJak! :cool:

[TarJak]

Glad you like 'em. Here are some more without editing:

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT3503.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT3510.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT3516.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT3529.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT3530.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT3538.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT3539.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT3537.jpg

[stew278]

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa312/jbstew278/sh4_037.jpg

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa312/jbstew278/sh4_026.jpg

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa312/jbstew278/sh4_031.jpg

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa312/jbstew278/sh4_035.jpg
The torpedo hit caused the bow section of this merchant to do a rollover and point in the opposite direction

[Petur]

Great pictures :up: I want to try to take a picture but my programs to take pictures are not realy good.:-? What do you recomment?

[sqk7744]

v1.5, PE/ROW, TMO
http://www.compuglobalhypermeganet.tv/images/sh4/ac/SH4Img@2008-06-08_19.07.27_515.jpg
http://www.compuglobalhypermeganet.tv/images/sh4/ac/SH4Img@2008-06-08_19.06.50_328.jpg
http://www.compuglobalhypermeganet.tv/images/sh4/ac/SH4Img@2008-06-08_19.08.00_015.jpg
Does that count as an AA kill?

[Petur]

blimey :o that is a awsome picture

[Arclight]

Gotta love target practice;
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/SH4Img2008-06-11_113153_265scaled.jpg
Glad to see I'm not the only one suffering from poor visibility;
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/SH4Img2008-06-08_222311_968scaled.jpg
Bernard switched sides. Good thing they hid the liferafts;
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/SH4Img2008-06-10_211411_578scaled.jpg

Petur; you can take screenshot in-game with ctr+F11, for editing I can highly recommend GIMP. Did my sig with it and I think it looks great. :)

[Petur]

Thank you, ill try it out :p

[Petur]

ok...i tried it out :cool:



Hi there...
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh79/Peturbir/SH4Img2008-06-12_1656-3.jpg

Bye bye
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh79/Peturbir/SH4Img2008-06-12_1658.jpg
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh79/Peturbir/SH4Img2008-06-12_1659-4.jpg

BOOM
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh79/Peturbir/SH4Img2008-06-12_1700-7.jpg
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh79/Peturbir/SH4Img2008-06-12_1704-2.jpg

Not sinking...
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh79/Peturbir/SH4Img2008-06-12_1703.jpg

...expect the plane...
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh79/Peturbir/SH4Img2008-06-12_1701-1.jpg

...so another "boom"
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh79/Peturbir/SH4Img2008-06-12_1700-2.jpg

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh79/Peturbir/SH4Img2008-06-12_1705-2.jpg

"Rising sun"
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh79/Peturbir/SH4Img2008-06-12_1708-1.jpg

[Arclight]

Good, I see you got the hang of it. ;)

And I see you got in some target practice on that poor Mogami as well. :lol:

Example of what you can do with GIMP: first is original (though scaled down), second with "softglow" which really brings out the explosion and splash against dark background, third "oilified" (like oil-painting);
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/SH4Img2008-06-12_060157_109scaled.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/SH4Img2008-06-12_060157_109softglow.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/SH4Img2008-06-12_060157_109oil.jpg

[sqk7744]

Nice shots Petur (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/member.php?u=239583) :up:

*tip: hit the delete key on your number pad to remove the HUD for a clean picture.

Welcome to Subsim :arrgh!:

[Petur]

Thank you :p *bows* :cool:

[Petur]

Not going to write the whole log, it was 21,000 tonage(5 merchants and one tanker) by the way and i got my first medal/award :rock: (Iron cross 2nd class)

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/PearlH1.jpg
Dedicated To The Guy's Who Did'nt Make It Out

[Petur]

First ship other than a merchant or destroyer SUNKEN :D

I engaged a large task force, shot down 3 destroyers but both my perascopes were destroyed. So i took the risk. Came back to surface, aimed and shot all the front torpies, emergency dived... and BOOM. A Kongo-Class Battleship sunk :cool:

[ReallyDedPoet]

First ship other than a merchant or destroyer SUNKEN :D

I engaged a large task force, shot down 3 destroyers but both my perascopes were destroyed. So i took the risk. Came back to surface, aimed and shot all the front torpies, emergency dived... and BOOM. A Kongo-Class Battleship sunk :cool:

Nice work, gutsy move :yep::up:


RDP

[Petur]

Thank you :p

[TarJak]

Sunset in the Sunda Straits:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT3546.jpg

"Sir the helm is no longer responding":
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT3550.jpg

Through the muck and murk:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT3545.jpg

[ReallyDedPoet]

Some nice pics here lads :yep::up:


RDP

[clayman]

:up: Outstanding shots TarJak :up:

[Syxx_Killer]

"Sir the helm is no longer responding":



That's a sobering picture with a great caption. Good job! :up: Did you go DD hunting to try and get a pic like that? :dead:

[TarJak]

:up: Outstanding shots TarJak :up:Glad you like em.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT3503-1.jpg

That's a sobering picture with a great caption. Good job! :up: Did you go DD hunting to try and get a pic like that? :dead:Yep and this was what happened to the other guy! :D
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT3533.jpg

[Hieronimus]

http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/1648/whichwayam4.jpg

It really was sailing in the direction the wake is showing. No editing was involved...
I know the Japanese did see a retreat as a dishonorable thing, so maybe this was the CO's way of avoiding the disgrace :hmm:

[Digital_Trucker]

http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/5765/20080623174006bi8.jpg

As you can probably see, I made a mistake while working on the Playable Elco PT Boat mod (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=138319):rotfl:. Guess I need to find a better deck cannon:arrgh!:

[Defiance]

Here's a few :)

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/Defiance_co/6.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/Defiance_co/5.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/Defiance_co/3-5.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/Defiance_co/14.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/Defiance_co/13.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/Defiance_co/12.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/Defiance_co/10.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/Defiance_co/1-6.jpg

Ciao

Def

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/Daddywarisover.jpg
Just messing about with graphics prog

[Sailor Steve]

Very nice!

buuut...isn't that a 50-star flag?

[Gunfighter]

Very nice!

buuut...isn't that a 50-star flag?

Hi SS Should the Flag have less stars for the period in time 1941-45 Sorry if I offended you,I know stars have been added through time what number of stars should there be at that time.?:hmm:

GUNFIGHTER

[LukeFF]

Hi SS Should the Flag have less stars for the period in time 1941-45 Sorry if I offended you,I know stars have been added through time what number of stars should there be at that time.?:hmm:

48.

[sharkbit]

Hawaii and Alaska weren't states yet.
:)

[Gunfighter]

Hawaii and Alaska weren't states yet.
:)
@lukeFF,sharkbit thanks for headsup and I meant no offence I admire American Patriotism :up: have either of you a 48 star picture you could send me ??

[sharkbit]

Hawaii and Alaska weren't states yet.
:)
@lukeFF,sharkbit thanks for headsup and I meant no offence I admire American Patriotism :up: have either of you a 48 star picture you could send me ??

No offense taken. :up:
I've always liked your creations. Keep up the good work. :)

[kriller2]

PE4 WIP (ppf off) new environment textures and formula for rendering of the waves!
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/1756/pe4wipwarshipclouds2ku1.jpg

PE4 WIP after sunset (ppf on)
http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/1792/pe4sunsetcalmec82xh5.jpg

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/Escort.jpg
We get an escort out of Pearl
I managed to find A 48 Star Flag
@Kriller2 Those Shots Look awesome can't wait PE4

[Sailor Steve]

Looks great.

And I wasn't offended, I was just trying to be helpful. Sorry if I was confusing. Or confused.:sunny:

[Syxx_Killer]

I just liked this pic for some reason. This is USS Trigger, early morning on November 3 or 4.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-06-27_211525_109.jpg

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/GF.jpg
@Sailor Steve Thank You your info was helpful :up: I can now use the correct flags in my pictures, What year were the other two stars included:hmm:.
From a picture posted by Kriller2

[Sailor Steve]

Alaska became the 49th state on January 3, 1959. Very briefly there was a 49-star flag.
http://www.usflag.org/history/the49starflag.html

Hawaii became the 50th state on August 21, 1959. The 50-star flag was adopted the same day.

[Gunfighter]

Alaska became the 49th state on January 3, 1959. Very briefly there was a 49-star flag.
http://www.usflag.org/history/the49starflag.html

Hawaii became the 50th state on August 21, 1959. The 50-star flag was adopted the same day.
Thats Great SS Thanks again I now have most US Flags on record :up: I read alot about The American Civil War,The Wild West,And I love Country Music We Help Run A Club in town Check out my Club Photos at http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/21029880

[Sailor Steve]

Cool!

That explains your screen name.:rock:

[Xantrokoles]

Kriller: AMAZING! The devs could pay you a third of their money.

I got to post pictures of Mikhayl's and mine VIIC with Fubar's Skins:
http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/6991/sh4img20080628184723281pa1.jpg
http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/1126/sh4img20080628184818015lx2.jpg

It is important to say, that ROW waters are missing in this pictures!

[Zero Niner]

Some pics of yet another hapless victim falling prey to the Spearfish...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/Spearfish%203/Ship1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/Spearfish%203/Ship2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/Spearfish%203/Ship3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/Spearfish%203/Ship4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/Spearfish%203/Ship5.jpg

[Defiance]

Nice Pice there Zero niner :)

Here's a pacific storm pic, Watch crew puked like mad

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/Defiance_co/BadWeatherCaptain.jpg

Been like this for me and the crew for days, Morrale started to drop, Hopefully better conditions soon

Def

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/Cruisingwtfleet2.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/Cruisingwtfleet1.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/Hell.jpg

[sqk7744]

Awesome shots gents!

Gunfighter, W:o:oW!
nice work sir.

[Torps]

PE4 WIP (ppf off) new environment textures and formula for rendering of the waves!
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/1756/pe4wipwarshipclouds2ku1.jpg

PE4 WIP after sunset (ppf on)
http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/1792/pe4sunsetcalmec82xh5.jpg

Hey man looking good. It took me 5 minutes on my inlaws dialup to see this, goodstuff, cant wait to play SH4 again, heh actually cant wait to get home.:up:

[Ducimus]

v1.5, PE/ROW, TMO
http://www.compuglobalhypermeganet.tv/images/sh4/ac/SH4Img@2008-06-08_19.07.27_515.jpg
http://www.compuglobalhypermeganet.tv/images/sh4/ac/SH4Img@2008-06-08_19.06.50_328.jpg
http://www.compuglobalhypermeganet.tv/images/sh4/ac/SH4Img@2008-06-08_19.08.00_015.jpg
Does that count as an AA kill?

Ohhh.. i think i know what mods im combining for my own private install. The two together DOES look very good. Who's scene.dat are you using?

[CaptainNemo]

http://www.aotd-flottille.de/Bilder/bowfinsubsim.jpg

[kriller2]

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/3922/sunsetpe4wipqb2.jpg

[Defiance]

You can't fool me K2

That pic was taken somewhere off the coast of africa :D

Seriously, That's so realistic it's amazing

ps: Hurry up back ;) J/K

[kylesplanet]

Kriller2, somewhere our ole buddy Dave has a big grin! Good job.:sunny:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/p38lightning/sh42008-06-2812-03-59-14.jpg

[kylesplanet]

Gonna be a long day.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/p38lightning/sh42008-03-1200-11-33-09.jpg

[kylesplanet]

An "old shot" of my old S Boat
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/p38lightning/sh42007-12-0101-55-05-28-1-1.jpg

[kriller2]

Kriller2, somewhere our ole buddy Dave has a big grin! Good job.:sunny:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/p38lightning/sh42008-06-2812-03-59-14.jpg

Thanks :up: , yes I hope so, Dave's spirit is still alive and kicking..

[Penelope_Grey]

Found this picture in my SH4 photo album burried right down the bottom. Its meant to be a funny one, you know, rolling with the "Parker" jokes... I thought it was funny especially as he is not in heavy weather gear!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v324/Spider-Hulk/Penny/bath.jpg

Them early war conning towers on the fleetboats are something else. :88) The late war ones, pack quite a punch to attacking planes. :arrgh!:

[woofiedog]

We were sailing along on the bridge of the Yamoto in the wide vast expanse of Pacific waters and came across this British rust bucket making it way along.

Going into action stations we were questioning why this vessel was out here all by itself and not with another enemy convoy heading to some battlefront outpost here in the Pacific.
After checking the radar posts and lookouts for any other allied vessels in the area. I the commander of the mighty Yamoto decided with sending a number of 18in shells into her and sending her to the bottom of the cold sea.

But after a number of direct hits of our main batteries... there she was still sailing away... like there is nothing going on at all!

We slowly steered the Yamoto in for a closer look at our spectral enemy and noticed first off... where is the crew members that should be manning it's decks or running for the siderails readying themself's to abandon ship. There was None! :o

At the saame time this sea phantom keep up it's steady head of steam and never varied it's path on it's way to some hellish destination it was to keep. Where ever that could be?

The crew of the Yamoto mean time is getting ever more bewitched by what is before them in this ocean of mysteries.

And as captain of the Yamoto I ordered the gunner's to open fire at will upon this rust bucket to end this charade of a spectacle and prove to the crew that this ship is just like any other enemy vessel we have put to the bottom graveyard along side of Davy Jones.

But this was not to be... :hmm:

As captain of the Yamoto I tried to search for any answer to give to my puzzled and anxious crew.

But what answers can you tell your crew when a rusting bucket of bolts floats by you like it's going to a Sunday picnic after taking the pounding of 18in shells that would sink any battleship after a few solvo's had struck home?

Do You Have An Answer??? :shifty:

Be very weary of those long summer nights... out in the vast spaces of the lonely cold sea and keep a sharp lookout my fellow sailor's and seafarers!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/woofiedog/ScreenShot151-1.jpg

Photos taken of the Specter Ship...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/woofiedog/ScreenShot153-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/woofiedog/ScreenShot152.jpg

Notice that the radar plot shows a sinking ship below!

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[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/FlatTop.jpg
Skipper Scratch One Flat Top
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/FlyBoy2.jpg
Ok Skipper lets get that last one "Just another Day at the Office"

[TarJak]

IJN Taskforce Coral Sea 1942:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SH4Panorama.jpg

Der Wachtmeister:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT3645.jpg

A moonlight cruise:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT3643.jpg

[gAiNiAc]

Trim Dive:

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/8663/trimdivemg7.jpg

Trukkin' To Truk:

http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/9679/trukkintotrukwi8.jpg


Fuso Starry Night:

http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/782/fusotrukmp0.jpg

Sunset Watch:

http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/1218/hammerheaddawnpatrolvr8.jpg

Another Day In The Office:

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/5871/theofficemk7.jpg

[groomsie]

Just started SH4 in mid-May after getting it as a gift, been working my way into it after sub school with the Career, at end of each patrol I give up 1 (or more) items to increase realism. This was patrol #4, at approximately 50% realism, and second with TMO (my only mod right now); I'd just gotten the new "Drum" out of Pearl and the patrol was rather uneventful, nothing sighted except a single merchant in the middle of the ocean with a New Zealand flag, which fortunately I didn't just gun down as I was prepared to do. Got directed to the Carolines (August 1942) and sunk 5 fishing boats / sampans with guns just for something to do basically. Did a routine save and then the game crashed a little while later. Kept thinking the atoll looked vaguely familar and then did a search on Truk--it wasn't listed as such on my map but indeed I had been given the task of patrolling around Truk. Should be good prospects me thinks...gotta be patient.
Working off a FOX transmission, I set up for a fast TF moving in my direction. Sea state was very high but in pre-dawn got a contact to my SE. Started at flank on about 070 to close and investigate. Holy smokes, a TF consisting of 2 Kongos, an Ise, 2 CLs, 2 CAs and 3 DDs. And fast! Headed about 015 at 16 knots, so I turn to try to get in front. But, in the sea state I was only making 16-17 at flank. Watched the sun come up silhouting the TF at about 6-8 miles, could see I was getting no where. Finally opted to send a contact report--I suppose since I had all my torpedoes still my instructions came back to intercept and do some damage. Yeah, if only I could get 1-2 more knots out of this boat...or if the TF would make a turn (toward me of course).
This continued for about 6 hours, until around 1300, when one of the DDs must have saw me as he came out corkscrewing towards me in the waves. He didn't shoot deck guns so either he wasn't sure of what he saw or was too rough for the guns, but at 4000 yards I finally pulled the cork and figured the TF was now gone. But, the DD then began spiraling back toward the TF, but was losing ground/falling behind. At 8000 yards I took a chance and surfaced with decks awash and continued NNE. The DD didn't follow me. Finally I fully surfaced the boat.
Then, a break. Either the TF slowed to permit the DD to overtake them easier or they slowed to enter anchorage (water was shallowing), but their speed dropped to 6 knots. I took the battery off charge and raced ahead as quick as I could in case they resumed speed when the DD rejoined them (its spiral search pattern had it way out of station now, and the other 2 DDs now peeled off and steamed SW at a medium speed).
I got ahead on the projected path, even managing to add some to my battery (which was still only at about 65%) before setting my position keeper on the lead BB and going deep to adjust torp settings, rig for silent, and wait. A few trips up showed I was a bit closer to the path than I originally wanted, so I turned slightly to open the range a touch. I was pretty much set up on TA 345 and with the formation steaming at a slow 6 knots in line ahead was going to parade right down my port side. But I'd hoped to let them pass and shoot at 2 and wasn't playing that way. I set GQ.
At 800 yards I let 3 go at the lead Kongo, then tried 2 at the 2nd ship (Ise). Then I went to about 120 feet and headed east, under my target. I heard 4 hits. After clearing the formation line I came back up, fired 1 stern tube at the Kongo and 2 tubes at the Ise. Then my last stern tube went to the 3rd BB (another Kongo), and began tu turn to bring my 6th bow tube back to bear. Then I hear pinging, look around, and see the Yuguri (sp?) DD who was after me earlier tearing up the other side of the Ise. Tube 1 was now loaded again, so I opened the doors and hit the DD as she came through the BB line with a quick shot, which hit. Now I'm showing the 1st Kongo and the Ise as sinking, and the DD quickly rolled over as well (was hit in the engine room). I fire 2 more shots at the 3rd BB (Kongo)...since the formation was still at 6 knots and range was about 1200 these were 2 more solid hits and indications were this was was headed for the bottom as well. So, 3 BBs and a DD in the bag, on to the next in line, the CLs and CAs. The CLs were Furutaka and Takao class, the CAs were Naka and Yubari (I think). I turned by stern to the Furutaka and hit her two times, and 1 hit on the Takao. Turning back around I fired my remaining torpedoes on this pair, bagging them. Being out of torpedoes and having the sonar tell me of approaching DDs at long range had me drop scope, dive deep, and resume silent running to the south to get out of there. After about 6 more hours (nightfall) and clear hydrophones I cautiously raised my scope, saw nothing, surfaced, and got out of dodge.
Was a real blast getting into a real TF, some lessons learned (such as be patient, stay with a target if possible) and some luck (having the destroyers get out of position). Clearly was my most successful patrol. Now, into Pearl for some R&R, trade in some renown, and decide what to drop on my options board to increase realism further.
Am loving this game and this community.

[kriller2]

sunset
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/411/pe4sunset2wm6.th.jpg (http://img503.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pe4sunset2wm6.jpg)

dawn
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/4341/pe4dawnjx8.th.jpg (http://img214.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pe4dawnjx8.jpg)

[DS]

Summer, 1943, USS Halibut Fights to the Death

100% Realism

THE CROSSING

Our mission was a photo recon of Osaka harbor, deep inside the inland seas of Japan. USS Halibut, decked out in an MS-9 all black paint scheme, with a conning tower cut down at the back, set out to sea and had an uneventful trip across the Pacific, diving twice for aircraft radar contacts as she approached the waters East of Japan.

FIRST CONTACT

At about 2200 hours, radar contact was made with two surface contacts. Initial manual radar plots showed the contacts moving North, perpendicular to Halibut's Westerly course. A slight course adjustment was made and the engineer division were advised to increase RPMs to full speed. Sometime later it became apparent that either the initial plot was bad, or the targets had changed course to East North East. Halibut was now West of the radar contacts and was in the unenvious position of having to pursue the contacts who were now East of Halibut, and moving away at was was soon realised to be a radid rate of advance.

THE CHASE

Halibut increased to flank speed and gave chase, updating the radar plot as she went. Several hours went by before visual contact was made at about 4700 yards. The targets proved to be two un-escorted liners, moving at an estimated speed of 18 knots with no zig zags. Halibut continued to struggle to get into a firing position on these two high value targets. Within the hour, what looked like the best opportunity for a shot was developed. Halibut closed on the surface on the lead passenger liner (no doubt carrying many troops), which was the larger of the two ships. Seas were moderatly rough, and the time was pre-dawn with no moon. From about 2000 yards, Halibut took her shot, firing a spread from all six bow tubes. Three of the torpedoes pre-matured about half way to the target, giving her time to put her rudder hard over, casuing the other topedoes to miss, ane the lead liner to steam off to the South at a high rate of speed. With great disappointment, Halibut turned her attention to the second liner, which was still advancing on their original base course. Halibut dove and turned her stern to the second target, making the stern tubes ready for firing in all respects. As the second liner approached within 2600 yards of Halibut through, her Captain must have realised that staying on the track of of a ship that just miutes before narrowly escaped being torpedoes was not a wise tactical choice, and she too turned south at a high rate of speed. We were faced with the choice of another long surface chase with day light (and no doubt air patrols) approaching, or writing off the six wasted torpedoes and continuing with her primary mission. The choice was clear, and Halibut dove to 100 feet, slowed to 1/3 speed, and continued towards Japan, feeling somewhat cheated.

IN JAPANESE WATERS

The next evening, just after sundown, Halibut surfaced for a breath of fresh air and a battery charge at the approach to the straits West of Shirahama. She continued int othe straits, making visual contact with some Sampans, which she ignored. Further into the straits, with the water under her keel shallowing, she made radar contact with a lone eastbound merchant. She set course to intercept.

THE SECOND CONTACT

This time, the approach was relativly easy, due in part to the merchant moving at around 5 knots. Radar plot was accurate, and visual contact was soon made with a medium sized freighter. Halibut dove, made her final approach, and soon sent a spread of 4 bow shots onwards towards the target. Again, two torpedoes prematured, but two torpedoes hit the target in the bow and detonated. The target slowed and soon came to a stop, but showed no signs of sinking. Halibut repositioned to give the boys in the stern torpedo compartment room some extra elbow room. The torpedo in tube 7 was soon on its way, but proved to be a dud, striking the target at a 90 degree angle but not exploding. Tube 8 was fired with the same results. The torpedo from tube 9 was set to run a bit deeper that the others, and it too hit the target, this time with a great explosion. The freighter was finished, and Halibut had made her first kill. Now closer to shore and with only about 60 feet of water under her keel, Halibut headed back towards the center of the straits and for deeper water before continuing her penetration of the in-land seas.

HALIBUT IS BLOODIED

As dawn approached, active sonar was heard approaching. Halibut put up her periscope of investigate, and a small ASW patrol vessel was seen approaching directly towards Halibut while zig zagging on a torpedo evasion plot. It was soon apparent that Halibut had somehow been detected, and this small vessel was after some big game.

With a torpedo attack against this small vessel seen as unlikely to bring success given it's speed and evasive manouvers, not to mention Halibut's less than reliable torpedoes, Halibut took a sounding (the ASW vessel quite obviously already knew where Halibut was and was steam there at high speed) and dove to 170 feet, right near the bottom, before rigging for silent running and chaning course to the South. Soon, the ASW vessel passed overhead, and depth charges were heard splashing. They detonated slose enough to shake Halibut but not cause damage. Halibut continued to evade, but the next depth charge run was closer, and surface armaments, as well as the compressor and some lesser systems took some damage. The hull was still intact. Evasion continued, and several more depth charge runs were close, but not damaging. Still, Halibut could not find deeper water, and it was apparent that the ASW vessel was easily able to track her. Another depth charge attack brough damage to all the stern tubes. Halibut was now clearly in a pickle. While the officers were deciding on a new strategy, another depth charge attack destroyed the stern tubes and started floing in the stern torpedo room. Halibut's choices were clear. Either stay down, and continue to take a beating, or surface and hope the deck gun, though somewhat damaged, was still functional. Staying submerged at 170 feet had not proven effective, so the surface option was taken with some anxiety. It was recognised that the ASW vessel was small and lightly armed, and may not be able to match Halibut in a surface gun action. The crew readied for battle surface action, and Halibut surfaced at flank speed with her stern to the ASW vessel to give the gunners on the stern deck gun the best field of fire while minimizing Halibut's aspect to the Japanese sailors. Gun action ensued, with hits suffered by both vessels, but as predicted, Halibut was able to outlast the ASW vessel, which eventually sank in flames.

HALIBUT CRIPPLED ON THE SURFACE

Halibut found herself on the surface, having out shot the Japanese ASW vessel, but with hull breaches in several compartments. Aborting her photo recon mission, Halibut made best possible speed on the surface to escape Japanese waters in broad daylight. It was not long before Japanese naval aviation arrived, but Halibut made a good showing, downing one twin engine plane without suffering further damage. Halibut continued at best possible speed, exiting the straits and finding the deeper water of the open Pacific which she could no longer take advantage of in her condition. More planes came, and Halibut continued evasive manouvers while being strafed and bombed. Two more Japanese planes were damaged and Halibut was still underway when radar contact was made with a lone fast approaching ship, which soon proved to be a full fledged Japanese destroyer.

HALIBUT'S FINAL ACTION

Fighting on the surface was no longer an option, and Halibut dove to 80 feet, which was as far as the crew dared to take her in her condition. As might be expected, the Japanese destroyer's first depth charge run was devestating, and Halibut was all but finished. Emergency surface was ordered, and the crew donned life jackets, preparing to abandon ship, not sure if Halibut would be able to make it back to see daylight. Halibut though, had proven she could take a beating and still still find room for a bit more. In her last act, she made it to the surface, where the crew quickly abandoned ship as Japanese shells tore into Halibut mercilessly. Having successfully delivered her crew to relative safety, Halibut slipped beneath the waves on her last dive.


LESSONS LEARNED

1. 100% realism limits player ability in a realistic manner that adds greatly to game play. Under these conditions, torpedo attacks on alerted ASW vessles are a high risk proposition, and escorts need to be given the utmost in respect, and avoidance.

2. No surprise here, but shallow water also severely limits tactical options, which sounds fine as theory, but becomes very clear when you find yourself bested and unable to escape even the smallest of ASW vessels. In retrospect, it might have been better, after torpedoing the freighter, to surface and move at high speed for deep water before diving again, rather than slowing advancing for deep water while submerged in the hopes no one will come across you duing your slow transit.

3. From the time that Halibut stern room started flooding from the initial depth charge attacks, I could not find fault with my decisions, because there were no real decisions being made. All actions from that time on were with Halibut totally on the defensive and unable to regain the initiative, reacting to Japanese moves with the only available option at each stage. In essence, Halibut was dead from the time the first sonar ping hit her hull in 180 feet of water. It just took the Japanese some time to finish the job.

[LeeVanSpliff]

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[gAiNiAc]

Haha!

Van Spleef!

[LeeVanSpliff]

Haha!

Van Spleef!

:D

The guy looks sort of worried doesn't he?

[Sailor Steve]

Can't say much for the language though.

[LeeVanSpliff]

Can't say much for the language though.

Sorry! Not being an native English speaker I sometimes loose track of what's offensive.

[Gunfighter]

We Don't need the language son the picture is good but a big NO NO for the Language.:nope: