March, 45, battleships sighted off Norway

[BasilY]

GWX 2.1 North of Shetland, I was in my Type IXB trying to rake in more merchant tonnage. The war is ending and all I wanted is to bring my crew home safely.

Then suddenly a large group of war ships come right at me! Among them, 2 battleships, one Duke of York and one Neveda. and two heavy cruisers, Fiji and Brooklyn. Fire 4 shots (I wish I was in a six-shooter type XXI), sink the Nevada, and disable the Fiji, (which I finish off after I endure the DC attack).

But why are these battleships here? shouldn't they be in the Pacific fighting Japan?

[bookworm_020]

Your going to complain about some nice tonnage that you have just sunk? Don't ask questions and enjoy the celebration!

[Jimbuna]

Not all heavy vessels were transferred to the Pacific....even after the Germans surrendered.

[Sailor Steve]

In reality you would have just missed Nevada. After surviving Pearl Harbor she was repaired and transferred to the Atlantic. She headed back to the Pacific on February 16, 1945.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Nevada_(BB-36)

[Raptor1]

In reality you would have just missed Nevada. After surviving Pearl Harbor she was repaired and transferred to the Atlantic. She headed back to the Pacific on February 16, 1945.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Nevada_(BB-36 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Nevada_%28BB-36))
She's probably a fill-in for another US Battleship that was historically in the region

EDIT: Though I can't find any that fit the description

[Sailor Steve]

Or else they knew that she was there but didn't know when she left, or didn't care.
I like to whine about historical accuracy, but with a game it's kind of hard to have every single detail correct. I guess knowing this it wouldn't be too hard to go in now and change it.

I might just do that for my own game, but right now I don't care enough either. Maybe later.

[rifleman13]

The USS Nevada after all did provide fire support for D-Day... :hmm:
That's why she's in Britain...

[BasilY]

Postscript;

Catch the task force returning and sunk the Duke of York as well. Later in the patrol, saw another Nevada Class battleship in a Task Force with a Bogue and Southhampton. This time, I have too few torps left to press an attack. I never saw a battleship in all of my last 27 patrols, now I saw 3 in one patrol. Must be a reward for my good deeds.

The SH3 Commander put USS Oklahoma in my log book. I guess the US refloated her and send her to an excerise in the relatively safe North Sea.

[Jimbuna]

The SH3 Commander put USS Oklahoma in my log book. I guess the US refloated her and send her to an excerise in the relatively safe North Sea.

As many times as you care to sink her. :lol: