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Freiwillige
10-13-09, 01:22 PM
December 8th 1941. The U.S.S. Tambor leaves Pearl for an assault of shipping of the Japanese mainland.

After a successful run and a cruise that lasts well over a month I stop and refuel at Surabaya. Heading out of port the weather gets bad. Nearing Balikpapan in the Borneo straight at time compression I am snapped out of it to find myself face to face with a destroyer!

No warning, all dead in seconds after he shells me several times then rams me.

Several hours wasted!:nope:
floundericiousWA
10-13-09, 01:35 PM
no saves?:down: That stinks!
Akula4745
10-13-09, 06:23 PM
Saving your patrol here and there is never a bad idea... running on the surface in bad weather using TC is, in fact, a bad idea. In 41' there was no surface radar yet... correct?
SgtPotato
10-13-09, 10:27 PM
Saving your patrol here and there is never a bad idea... running on the surface in bad weather using TC is, in fact, a bad idea. In 41' there was no surface radar yet... correct?

Correct, until the mid-summer of 1942.
Akula4745
10-14-09, 05:10 AM
Ok.... that is what I thought - basically running blind.
SteamWake
10-14-09, 10:16 AM
LOL I sank a sub once by running in high TC in bad weather (dident even know it was raining) and rammed into a Medium Freighter :haha:
Akula4745
10-14-09, 04:21 PM
Me too SW... I learned that lesson the hard way myself. :nope:
cdrsubron7
10-14-09, 04:28 PM
I used to have that happen to me when I played stock, but since installing the mods have never had that problem since.
Akula4745
10-14-09, 04:44 PM
Mine happened in stock too... but is it because of the mod? Or are we just wiser Captains? :hmmm:
Tony845
10-14-09, 11:42 PM
I learned the hard way too. With no radar and it's pitch black out and storming, best to dive and check the sonar or just dive and use TC until daylight then run on the surface. Still have to be careful with TC if it's a bad storm. Thank heaven for radar.
SteamWake
10-15-09, 12:50 PM
Mine happened in stock too... but is it because of the mod? Or are we just wiser Captains? :hmmm:

Good question but yea I seem to remember it being a long time ago just after the games release.

Yea radar is a huge help not only in bad weather conditions but you pick up a lot more contacts for obvious reasons.
Akula4745
10-15-09, 06:03 PM
I wrecked out early on too... just a few patrols into the learning curve.
Good skippers always learn the hard way, eh?