Mios 4Me
11-04-19, 01:43 PM
2. Raiding a harbor in Palau, I stopped engines, raised the fore periscope, and fired a snap shot at the LMT just ahead. Too late, I realized the selector was still on Tube 7, from when I'd considered a stern shot from the aft 'scope. Cursing the wasted torp, I went back to work on the tanker. Just before that torpedo struck home, a crewmember called out "torpedo impact!" - it was the medium freighter 90 degrees on my starboard beam on the other side of the harbor I'd apparently locked on to. I was pretty surprised, but on the next patrol...
1. Impatiently awaiting an onrushing DD for a down-the-throat shot, I advanced the TC one too many times instead of reducing it while maneuvering to starboard at maximum angle and minimum speed. The DD came in at high speed, hitting us a glancing blow that almost rolled the sub, and really ringing the ship's bell. When I heard the breaking up noises, I thought it was game over, but we hadn't lost a single hull point, only some minor damage to the AA and deck guns. The DD was nowhere to be seen, aside from an outline on the map.
What's yours?
1. Impatiently awaiting an onrushing DD for a down-the-throat shot, I advanced the TC one too many times instead of reducing it while maneuvering to starboard at maximum angle and minimum speed. The DD came in at high speed, hitting us a glancing blow that almost rolled the sub, and really ringing the ship's bell. When I heard the breaking up noises, I thought it was game over, but we hadn't lost a single hull point, only some minor damage to the AA and deck guns. The DD was nowhere to be seen, aside from an outline on the map.
What's yours?