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I'm goin' down · 07-11-10, 01:43 PM

March, 42 at the southern mouth of Makassar Straights in a trusty Salmon. At approximately 0130 hours we sunk a Kuma light cruiser in the midst of a convoy of 4 destroyers. No. Make that 7 destroyers. Conditions: calm seas, fair weather, but dark as hell. Two hits at approx. 1,500 yds using gutted's Solution Solver, with contact at 90 Aob. I am being pinged and depth charged as I write this. Six destroyers are hunting us within a range of 1,000 yds. Our boat is underwater at 94 feet, with 14 feet of the sea floor under the keel. As the depth charges go off around the boat, the event cam flashes a brief pic of the underwater fireworks. As we creep along at 2 kts. in silent running mode, the ocean floor lights up for a second or two. We are treated to a delightful glimpse of all of the colorful undersea plants adjacent to the boat. You got to love it.

Supplemental Report
It is now 0507 hours. (I took a nap and let the game run.) About 30 minutes ago, I shut down the engines. Three destroyers were still looking for us. They finally departed. My crew wants to return to Pearl. They miss the Nimitz sisters.

07-11-10, 01:43 PM	#3
I'm goin' down Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Notify command we have entered the Grass Sea Posts: 2,822 Downloads: 813 Uploads: 0	you gotta love TMO2.0/RSRDC March, 42 at the southern mouth of Makassar Straights in a trusty Salmon. At approximately 0130 hours we sunk a Kuma light cruiser in the midst of a convoy of 4 destroyers. No. Make that 7 destroyers. Conditions: calm seas, fair weather, but dark as hell. Two hits at approx. 1,500 yds using gutted's Solution Solver, with contact at 90 Aob. I am being pinged and depth charged as I write this. Six destroyers are hunting us within a range of 1,000 yds. Our boat is underwater at 94 feet, with 14 feet of the sea floor under the keel. As the depth charges go off around the boat, the event cam flashes a brief pic of the underwater fireworks. As we creep along at 2 kts. in silent running mode, the ocean floor lights up for a second or two. We are treated to a delightful glimpse of all of the colorful undersea plants adjacent to the boat. You got to love it. Supplemental Report It is now 0507 hours. (I took a nap and let the game run.) About 30 minutes ago, I shut down the engines. Three destroyers were still looking for us. They finally departed. My crew wants to return to Pearl. They miss the Nimitz sisters. Last edited by I'm goin' down; 07-11-10 at 04:20 PM.