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Originally Posted by MarkCt
Patrolling in the Formossa Straight, I came upon a TF of a BB, a couple cruisers and about 5 destroyers. After getting a hit on the BB and sinking two destroyers with "cuties" I got hit with a string of DC's. One compartment was flooded and one was partial. I had 58% hull damage with bulkhead damage, fuel leak and injured crew. With the flooding I started to slowly sink. Depth was just under 300 so I decided to just sit on the bottom and go quiet to make repairs. It took awhile but the destroyers finally gave up and all repairs were made which allowed me to return to base with 4 KIA's.
So it just goes to show that sometimes shallow water can be your best friend.
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First thing first,
you were lucky. Bottoming out with heavy damage is almost a death sentence. Given the amount of hull damage you had and how deep you were, I am almost willing to wager that you were in a Balao Class boat. If not, you had to be running one of the megamods that has the damage mod in it that ignores the hull integrity rule.
Second, you were almost certainly below the thermal layer. Even with all the repair work going on, it was unlikely that the destroyers would hear you. This is especially the case when one considers the huge variance in proficiency amongst IJN destroyer crews and the less than spectacular detection gear they had.
Now for the real question: did the BB sink or did it limp away?
If the BB succumbed, it would have been worth the misery you endured. However, if it limped away, four crewmen and a half-sunk boat are a poor trade for two scrabbly destroyers. The game doesn't take the full IJN order of battle into account so sinking the "redshirt" destroyers is meaningless tonnage. There will be more.