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BigK · 06-18-11, 05:14 AM

Patrol 29
U-123, 2nd Flotilla
Left at: April 12, 1942, 01:23
From: Lorient
Mission Orders: Patrol grid CA28 Our patrolgrid was located 1 grid east of New York Harbor. We set a course across the atlantic and steamed ahead ! We encountered a lone large merchant and sank it with about 60 shots from the deck gun.

13.4.42. 1231 Grid BE 65 Large Merchant, 10615 tons

A good start always helps so with high morale we continued westwards. We installed a new radar before this patrol so we used it to monitor ships coming out of the harbor. These were all small fish however. I called the senior officers together and revealed my plan; we were going to sneak into the harbor itself. It can't all be small fish swimming in the pond right?

Patrol were surprisingly light and we got in the harbor without trouble, also because of the bad weather and low visibility. We went down to periscope depth in the morning to get as much out of our oxygen as possible.

We mapped the harbor and anchored ships and determined the order in which to attack. Our first attack run resulted in the following kills:

24.4.42.

1057 Grid CA 28 Large Tanker, 9677 tons
1102 Grid CA 27 Clemson class, 1190 tons
1202 Grid CA 27 Large Tanker, 9858 tons
1208 Grid CA 27 Liberty Cargo, 7373 tons
1254 Grid CA 27 Large Troop Ship, 25007 tons

After this attack all our internal torpedoes were spent. It was too dangerous to sneak out and back in so we waited till night and surfaced in a small bay inside the harbor. We took all of our external torpedoes inside and reloaded our tubes before setting out to kill some more.

Over the night some of our marked ships had lifted anchor and left so we had to do some more recon before engaging. It paid off because we found some more big ships anchored to the north of the harbor in the river.

25.4.42.
1129 Grid CA 27 Liberty Cargo, 7351 tons
1350 Grid CA 27 Ceramic-type Ocean Liner, 14534 tons

This was our most succesfull patrol yet, sinking little over 85000 tons. We left the harbour but got detected about 25k out. We were deptcharged and our propellors were damaged. Our newly installed bold system saved our asses and we managed to rendezvous with U-461, a milkcow sub. Currently retanking and reloading to go at it again.

BdU had a sad message, U-505 has been sunk. She and her crew will be remembered as heroes.

06-18-11, 05:14 AM	#2799
BigK Swabbie Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 12 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	Patrol 29 U-123, 2nd Flotilla Left at: April 12, 1942, 01:23 From: Lorient Mission Orders: Patrol grid CA28 Our patrolgrid was located 1 grid east of New York Harbor. We set a course across the atlantic and steamed ahead ! We encountered a lone large merchant and sank it with about 60 shots from the deck gun. 13.4.42. 1231 Grid BE 65 Large Merchant, 10615 tons A good start always helps so with high morale we continued westwards. We installed a new radar before this patrol so we used it to monitor ships coming out of the harbor. These were all small fish however. I called the senior officers together and revealed my plan; we were going to sneak into the harbor itself. It can't all be small fish swimming in the pond right? Patrol were surprisingly light and we got in the harbor without trouble, also because of the bad weather and low visibility. We went down to periscope depth in the morning to get as much out of our oxygen as possible. We mapped the harbor and anchored ships and determined the order in which to attack. Our first attack run resulted in the following kills: 24.4.42. 1057 Grid CA 28 Large Tanker, 9677 tons 1102 Grid CA 27 Clemson class, 1190 tons 1202 Grid CA 27 Large Tanker, 9858 tons 1208 Grid CA 27 Liberty Cargo, 7373 tons 1254 Grid CA 27 Large Troop Ship, 25007 tons After this attack all our internal torpedoes were spent. It was too dangerous to sneak out and back in so we waited till night and surfaced in a small bay inside the harbor. We took all of our external torpedoes inside and reloaded our tubes before setting out to kill some more. Over the night some of our marked ships had lifted anchor and left so we had to do some more recon before engaging. It paid off because we found some more big ships anchored to the north of the harbor in the river. 25.4.42. 1129 Grid CA 27 Liberty Cargo, 7351 tons 1350 Grid CA 27 Ceramic-type Ocean Liner, 14534 tons This was our most succesfull patrol yet, sinking little over 85000 tons. We left the harbour but got detected about 25k out. We were deptcharged and our propellors were damaged. Our newly installed bold system saved our asses and we managed to rendezvous with U-461, a milkcow sub. Currently retanking and reloading to go at it again. BdU had a sad message, U-505 has been sunk. She and her crew will be remembered as heroes.