This was about 2 years ago, a month after I got SH4. I was making a torpedo attack on a japanese task force and while trying to escape I was hit by some depth charges that flooded my engine and stern torpedo rooms and rendered them useless. So i had to blow ballast and maintain depth which would cause me to rise and sink again for an hour or so in game time until I got the flooding under control. So thinking I can sink the one destroyer left I went to periscope depth just to realise that my entire bow was sticking out of the water. By this time I have been seen and he comes about at me at high speed before I can fire and strikes me on the starboard side running over my conning tower without dropping a single DC and starts to burn while going away and sinks a minute later. Surprised I look at my map to see if it's labeled as a kill and realise he radioed for help before he sank as 4 sound contacts broke away from the task force and turned towards me at high speed
. At this time I realise I can do nothing as my batteries are gone and i can't risk diving again plus the first DD knocked out my periscopes. So I sit there wanting to see what will happen and these DD's come at me one at a time minutes apart directly at my bow. First one comes and glances off my bow at full speed bursting into flames and sinks. This happens to all four and I come out with busted tubes and hull damage. So I waited several more hours till I was sure it was safe and finally surfaced and limped back to Pearl with the kills from the 5 destroyers that rammed me, a kongo, and a heavy cruiser from the task force.
