Well, I made another run at ole Pete, not for the sake of killing him
but to see if he would be damaged by ramming me. I let him do it
7 times. I suffered some damage each time but he came thru the
ordeal unhurt as far as I could tell. The last ram (7th) finished me
but he was going strong. His surface gun action was nothing to
write home about so I got to last the full 7 rams...

JIM

Who's Bungo Pete? What's his real name???

I'm impatient to meet this killersubs...:ping:

Hehehe, ive created a monster!

guess i'll have to wait a bit yet. just went back out with another load of fish:ping: . has anyone tried taking him on liked in the movie, with a bow shot? and you know he cheats, right? got a boat with him to make the kills for him:D

Nice:up:

So Bungo Pete is a made up guy like Bernard?

Yes and no. "Bungo pete" is a nickname of the captian of a "Akikaze destroyer". A fictious destroyer type, inspired by the name of a real destroyer of the Minekaze class. (see links in orginal post).

The character "bungo pete" exists only in the book and movie, "Run silent, run deep". with reputation of being supernatural, or super human because of his ability to sink us subs. In real life, there was no bungo pete, nor an Akikaze class destroyer.

I thought everone by now had seen the movie "Run Silent, Run Deep"
If you haven't, better go check it out....

JIM

in the book(s) (much better than the movie... clark gable's a real git... and dust on the sea is even better imho), bungo pete's name is Tateo Nakame.

Great job Ducimus,
This movie "Run Silent, Run Deep" was the biggest reason I volunteered for Subs. I wanted to find "Bungo Pete" and kill him with my own bare hands..........:up: :up: :up:

Ihave meet Bungo :p .... oioioioi Idied:oops:

Who are you? Doktor Frankenstein?:hmm:

Hmmm

Planes drop/shoot torpedos..... perhaps that could be transfered to a boat...:arrgh!:

Anyone manage to sink ole bungo in the straights yet? :rotfl: