Donna gets the Ted Nugent thingy....:O:

That's the good thing, we can be anyone online, but I'm rather sure Donna is a female

IT IS NOBODY'S BUSINESS TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ME, ON THIS SITE I AM JUST ANOTHER SUB SKIPPER.

The way you guys sit around gabbing in a little sewing circle, it makes me wonder if your actually men.

Yes we are! We're men (Manly Men!) in tights (Tight Tights)!

:haha:

When I posed as a women I used this as my picture and Wern questioned it...I'm not sure what gave me away.

http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/u...19673831-1.jpg

:haha: Yeah, well that's because the picture you sent me was a bit more provocative.:O:

"Are there any women here today?"

http://youtu.be/MIaORknS1Dk

sigh...men..

.. Hylander, I never thought of that :)

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/pict...pictureid=5633
Like these guys!

Getting back to the Q-boat thread: What is the solution to the problem of small fast coastal gunboats:

-Their draft is too shallow for torpedoes.
-Their guns can severely damage a fleet boat's pressure hull in a surface attack.
-They seem to have a direct line to the IJN and the japanese air force.
-Some of them have even been known to dump an ash can or two.

Could it be that the mighty fleet boat should best flee these cheap, little relics?

Pesky little gunboats look like they should be cruising up and down the Mississippi, not some huge harbor!

Although if the water is calm, and you have Mk27 (?) Cutie, set the depth as shallow as it will allow, and set the detonator to magnetic, the Cuties dispatch them pretty quick.

That Ship that always accompany's Bungo Pete got me sunk once.:cry:

I have been sniffing around those straits on the last two patrols and I ain't seen nuffink of Bungo Pete yet...

Had a couple nasty encounters with Pete. I managed to damage him with 2 homing torpedoes, so it slowed his boat down, and gave it a perminent 15 degree list, but the guy doesn't give up easy.

He still depth charged us for almost 4 hours before breaking off and makig a b-line up the straits. Thankfully I was in a Balao boat, and was down around 650 ft so when he dropped ashcans, they were easy enough to avoid. A few came close enough to rock the boat a couple times, but that's it. I think what made it difficult for him the most, is I would turn to follow his path and then cut inside it which forced him to make 2 to 3 loops before he could make another run on us.

Only sunk him once though. He got me too though. The first 2 encounters with him, were rather shocking.

Pete got me again.
 

You'd think we'd learn after one or two encounters with Pete. I didn't. Went back deliberately to the strait at the end of a very long patrol. Sank a Zimbu, and that drew him in like a fly to something unsavory. Unfortunately, I was down to my last 2 torpedos, all bow loads, and was forced to dive because I was not paying attention to the sonar - he came up from my stern as I watched the Zinbu burn. I got caught in 300 feet of water. He and his patrol boat companion DC's me mercilessly for about 3 hours before a massive pattern from his Q ship nailed me. One thing, he got me so rattled I forgot that I had added a decoy dispenser in my last refit! Never used them. :damn:

In my next career life I think I'll stay in the deeper water and try to remember the full defensive capabilities of my boat. Another lesson learned (hopefully). :wah: