My second war patrol out of Pearl running RFB/RSRDC. It's February 1942 and I've just completed a 105nm patrol assignment in the East China Sea. 96 hours of nothing. This war patrol was starting to look like it was going to end up like the last one, Fish Boat Fest 41, where I engaged a small flotilla of 6 fishing boats for an end total of 1200 tons before having to refuel. Nope, not this time. I set my sights on Itoman Harbor at Okinawa. I came in from the southwest under the cover of darkness on the 26th. Surprisingly, I found the harbor completely unguarded, save for a fishing boat and a tug. Waited for them to depart before the ravaging began. Using both torps and deck gun, I took out a Large Modern Tanker, a Medium Old Tanker, a British Medium Old Tanker, a Medium Old Split Freighter, a Large Modern Composite and even sank the little fishing boat when it returned. I lobbed some shells at a docked, small sub chaser, a MLSokuten and a Gyoraitei PT Boat but it seemed to have no effect, except the Sokuten did catch fire. Couldn't sink it though, even after a dozen direct hits. However, I only had a 3" deck gun at the time.
Nevertheless, I've already racked up over 30,000K in tonnage but only have a few torps left now and am running low on fuel again. Had to dodge a few planes including a Betty that crashed into the ocean while making it's initial bomb run on my diving sub.
I have a green crew, no radar of any kind and only a .50 cal AA gun in an aft mount.
