The SJ-I reaches out 17 - 18 nm, and driving in to the edge of the shallows gives pretty much complete coverage, observed from more than one angle. I should at least have detected a picket tin can or two, shouldn't I? I need to go to Tulagi to refit - out of fish and I only have 123000 tons so far this patrol - and I'll check it out more closely when I get back. As far as feeling like a cheat taking out Jap steel in their harbors goes, sneaking in and especially out again is damned risky business.
Good hunting
