[Dogfish40]

Originally Posted by Anthony W.

Well, I was cruising in the deep waters off the Marshall Islands in January 42', when all of a sudden I ran aground on a hidden reef! The game gave me no time to free myself before declaring mission failed!

I was/am ticked. I know I would've been able to free myself - in the closing scene I saw my sub sliding back into the water!

Didn't this happen to a sub in real life?

Anthony! OMG ('cause I can't say "Holy----")
I was tooling around the Marshalls in my new Gato (I got Promoted), anyway, I can't name the particular island at the moment but all of a sudden I hear the most horrible screeching sound (Metal on Metal, breaking glass ect), my teeth almost shattered (I'm using headphones, volume 10). Apparently we hit bottem.
My Nav map was zoomed way in, and I was sure by the map that we had at least 290'. The first thing I thought of was "I wonder if this is the same place that Anthony hit"?! Anyway,The shoal is not off the named island, but off a satellite island a bit north of the main island. I'm going to go back and find the spot and post a pic to see if this could be the same spot.
Cheers and good hunting.
D40
PS: I was able to reverse and clear it. We have significant damage but are able to continue with mior repairs.