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Zilch · 10-12-09, 10:51 AM

Currently January, 1942. After striking out in BF 13, my preferred hunting ground, I head to the north of Ireland to see what the AM squares have to offer.

U-54 is fruitlessly chasing shipping in the worst storm I've seen. I can only get hydrophone contact on a merchant of some sort but can't seem to get a target within my 300m or so visual bubble to point a torpedo at it.

Finally I got visual on a small merchant and started aiming a T1 at it. Then, whaddya know? A gnat of a motor torpedo boat is hosing down my decks with gunfire. I dive to PD, lose visual contact with the merchie, and wait for the torpedo boat to get bored looking for me before surfacing hours later. That boat saved the merchant, no doubt.

Still patrolling in what has been one of the more frustrating missions I've been on. Weeks at sea with a full load of eels ready to swim, but nowhere to go.

10-12-09, 10:51 AM	#11
Zilch Torpedoman Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 118 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Currently January, 1942. After striking out in BF 13, my preferred hunting ground, I head to the north of Ireland to see what the AM squares have to offer. U-54 is fruitlessly chasing shipping in the worst storm I've seen. I can only get hydrophone contact on a merchant of some sort but can't seem to get a target within my 300m or so visual bubble to point a torpedo at it. Finally I got visual on a small merchant and started aiming a T1 at it. Then, whaddya know? A gnat of a motor torpedo boat is hosing down my decks with gunfire. I dive to PD, lose visual contact with the merchie, and wait for the torpedo boat to get bored looking for me before surfacing hours later. That boat saved the merchant, no doubt. Still patrolling in what has been one of the more frustrating missions I've been on. Weeks at sea with a full load of eels ready to swim, but nowhere to go. __________________ Depth charges pounding your flanges loose? Hedgehogs dislodging your precious bulkheads? Use Beemans Gum! Freshens breath and doubles as an adhesive in a pinch. The gum of choice aboard U-54!