TopcatWA
09-14-08, 03:24 AM
Has anyone on the mod department ever thought about introducing the V-class boats which served in the Pacific Campaign into the SHIV game? They were the Barracutta (V-1),Bass (V-2),Bonita (V-3),Argonaut (V-4.SS1662),Narwal (V-5.SS-167),Nautalis (V-6.SS-168),Dolphin (V-7.SS-169),Cachalot (V-8.) & Cuttlefish (V-9).
A Brief History(extract from Undersea Warfar Magazine):
"The first three V-boats were funded in fiscal year 1919, laid down at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in October and November 1921, and commissioned somewhat less than a year apart between 1924 and 1926. Significantly, V-1, V-2, and V-3 were the only members of the class designed to satisfy the Navy’s original “fleet-boat” requirement for high surface speed. These were large and powerfully-engined submarines, displacing 2,119 tons surfaced and 2,506 tons submerged on a length of 342 feet. The propulsion plant was divided between two separate engine rooms – forward and aft of the control room – with two 2,250-horsepower main-propulsion diesels aft, and two independent 1,000-horsepower diesel generators forward. The latter were primarily for charging batteries, but to reach maximum surface speed, they could augment the mechanically-coupled main-propulsion engines by driving the 1,200-horsepower electric motors in parallel. The three boats were partially double-hulled and fitted forward with buoyancy tanks inside a bulbous bow for better surface sea-keeping. They were armed with six torpedo tubes – four forward and two aft – plus a 5-inch/51-caliber deck gun.
All three boats were overhauled in Philadelphia between late 1942 and early 1943 and converted to cargo submarines by removing both torpedo tubes and main engines, thereby leaving them solely dependent on their diesel generators for propulsion. Because this rendered the boats severely under-powered, they apparently never served operationally in their cargo-carrying role but instead were relegated to training duties at New London until just before the end of the war in 1945. After decommissioning, Barracuda and Bonita were scrapped, and Bass was scuttled as a sonar target near Block Island.
All served in World War Two, six of them on war patrols in the central Pacific, and among those, one – Argonaut – was lost to enemy action."
I'm surpised the originators of the game didn't include this class of American submarine in the game.
Cheers.:)
P.S. I have noticed there is someone doing a setup of the Narwal which is good to see.
A Brief History(extract from Undersea Warfar Magazine):
"The first three V-boats were funded in fiscal year 1919, laid down at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in October and November 1921, and commissioned somewhat less than a year apart between 1924 and 1926. Significantly, V-1, V-2, and V-3 were the only members of the class designed to satisfy the Navy’s original “fleet-boat” requirement for high surface speed. These were large and powerfully-engined submarines, displacing 2,119 tons surfaced and 2,506 tons submerged on a length of 342 feet. The propulsion plant was divided between two separate engine rooms – forward and aft of the control room – with two 2,250-horsepower main-propulsion diesels aft, and two independent 1,000-horsepower diesel generators forward. The latter were primarily for charging batteries, but to reach maximum surface speed, they could augment the mechanically-coupled main-propulsion engines by driving the 1,200-horsepower electric motors in parallel. The three boats were partially double-hulled and fitted forward with buoyancy tanks inside a bulbous bow for better surface sea-keeping. They were armed with six torpedo tubes – four forward and two aft – plus a 5-inch/51-caliber deck gun.
All three boats were overhauled in Philadelphia between late 1942 and early 1943 and converted to cargo submarines by removing both torpedo tubes and main engines, thereby leaving them solely dependent on their diesel generators for propulsion. Because this rendered the boats severely under-powered, they apparently never served operationally in their cargo-carrying role but instead were relegated to training duties at New London until just before the end of the war in 1945. After decommissioning, Barracuda and Bonita were scrapped, and Bass was scuttled as a sonar target near Block Island.
All served in World War Two, six of them on war patrols in the central Pacific, and among those, one – Argonaut – was lost to enemy action."
I'm surpised the originators of the game didn't include this class of American submarine in the game.
Cheers.:)
P.S. I have noticed there is someone doing a setup of the Narwal which is good to see.