Blimp chasing me chasing ships
 

So this is a first for me...

It's mid Oct '43 and I'm off the Carolina coast. It's daytime nice weather and I'm on the surface running full speed to overtake a pair of small freighters. I intend to use deckgun when I get into range.

All of a sudden I get the "Aircraft spotted!" alarm. Before I crash dive I look so see what it is.

A "K ship" blimp bearing 150degrees is trying to overtake me!

So I do the math... Looks like I'll be in decent gun range of the ships with at least 15 minutes before I have to really worry about the Blimp.

I order... Continue on the surface flank speed!

In the end... I'm slipping below periscope depth enjoying final views of two burning sinking ships and an angry blimp about 5 minutes too late to prevent my work....

Take us down to 80 meters 30 degrees port on the rudder.... Our work here is done!

Radian

That would have made some great screenshots!
:up:

Agreed but, I couldn't get the blimp and the ships in the same view through the periscope and I didn't want to loiter around....

Even when on the conning tower it was "look forward" see the small ships in the distance. Look almost straight back. See a blimp as a ball low over the horizon.

I sank both ships from behind so I never passed them to get them between me and the blimp.... AND the blimp did not get in range to fire on me before I submerged.

Photo opportunity lost... oh well.

Radian

Those Blimps are hard to take down. I tried that once, never again.

All these years, I have never seen one. Very cool report!
:salute:

A picture of my old days in SH3 : A blimp

They are indeed very hard to bring down.

http://i40.tinypic.com/2iu2fco.jpg

Yes, they are hard to kill! I encountered one while hunting for tankers between Cancun and Cuba. A random rain squall showed up, so I dove. Thanks to the Blimp, I heard 3 large tankers coming right for me. In a way he helped me sink three tankers. :haha: