Historic
05-24-09, 04:28 PM
Contact and kill report
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Date June 20 1943 21.00
Weather clouds clear Percipitation None Fog light
Wind speed 15m Direction 54
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2 ships spotted Horai Maru and Kiturn Maru making 12 knots heading 44
Moved into area at 21.00 and attacked at 21.10
Fired 4 Torpedo's 2 at Horai and 2 at Kiturn
Torpedo 1 MK14 orai under Bow mast port side
Torpedo 2 MK14 an deep port side
Torpedo 3 MK14 it Kiturn Under stack port side
Torpedo 4 MK14 an deep port side
Horai Maru list to port and slowed to 7knots
Kiturn Maru list badly to port slowed too stop think she sinking
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Changed heading too 25 came to flank following Horai waiting on reload
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21.23 Tube 1-2 loaded waiting on turn to fire 1 Torpedo Kiturn sinks
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Horai starts turn fired torpedo then 2nd end of turn
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Torpedo 1 MK14 its Horai unders bow stack port side
Torpedo 2 MK14 it Horai under stern stack port side
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Horai list very badly too port and comes to stop
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Move in for kill shot abeam Horia but she sinks as doing so at 21.59
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http://usera.ImageCave.com/historic/kills1.jpg
End of transmission Uss Saifish SS192
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Date June 20 1943 21.00
Weather clouds clear Percipitation None Fog light
Wind speed 15m Direction 54
http://usera.ImageCave.com/historic/weather.jpg
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2 ships spotted Horai Maru and Kiturn Maru making 12 knots heading 44
Moved into area at 21.00 and attacked at 21.10
Fired 4 Torpedo's 2 at Horai and 2 at Kiturn
Torpedo 1 MK14 orai under Bow mast port side
Torpedo 2 MK14 an deep port side
Torpedo 3 MK14 it Kiturn Under stack port side
Torpedo 4 MK14 an deep port side
Horai Maru list to port and slowed to 7knots
Kiturn Maru list badly to port slowed too stop think she sinking
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Changed heading too 25 came to flank following Horai waiting on reload
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21.23 Tube 1-2 loaded waiting on turn to fire 1 Torpedo Kiturn sinks
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Horai starts turn fired torpedo then 2nd end of turn
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Torpedo 1 MK14 its Horai unders bow stack port side
Torpedo 2 MK14 it Horai under stern stack port side
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Horai list very badly too port and comes to stop
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Move in for kill shot abeam Horia but she sinks as doing so at 21.59
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http://usera.ImageCave.com/historic/kills1.jpg
End of transmission Uss Saifish SS192
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