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Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith
But that begs the question: how would he know the ship's name? How would the captain know the ship's name to put into his log book? This seems a little unrealistic to me the more I think about it  I think that's why I never added the ship's name to the message box. |
As Steve said, early in the war they'd often stop and interview survivors or they'd intercept radio transmissions. In the latest book I read,
Steel Hearts, Iron Boats, they knew the names of all the ships they sunk right away.