I swear to tell the truth
Yes I am the Commanding Officer of the Grenadier
I run Trigger Maru Overhauled v2.5, Run Silent Run Deep Campaign Mod v502, Traveller Mod v2.02, Improved Stock Environment v3, Authentic Flags Mod, Less Plankton v1.2, and the Subsim New Narwhal v1.8.5
The mods are properly installed and run correctly aside from the odd graphical error. There have been no changes other than the Camera File that Admiral Armistead supplied to me himself.
Regarding my patrol, I was sent from Pearl Harbor to intercept the IJN Task Force that was going to Truk.
I decided to infiltrate Truk because I was ordered to.
I entered from the Southern Channel and moved through the harbor channel to Truk. When it was 0300 hours, I came to Radar Depth. A Japanese merchant spotted my radar and lit me up with it's searchlight. I was then fired upon by Harbor Patrol Boats. I dived to 190 feet and continued my transit through the harbor channel. When I reached Truk, I waited until 0300 again and came to Radar Depth. I detected the IJN Task Force within Torpedo Range. I was once again detected and fired upon by said Subchaser. It damaged my Attack Periscope and it wouldn't raise as quickly anymore after that. I circled around to deeper water to shake the subchaser because I did not want any of the IJN Task Force to detect me until I attack. After I shook it off, I continued my attack. I moved into 65 foot water and got into range of the IJN Hiryu. I fired torpedoes and sunk it. Next, I targeted IJN Yamato. I fired all the rest of my bow torpedoes at Yamato and had to turn and shoot my stern torpedoes. I noticed a grapical error where the IJN Hiryu wreck moved and left burning oil all over the water. I moved around it and continued my attack. When Yamato finally sank to the bottom from my torpedo attack, I used my last two stern torpedoes to shoot at a Heavy Cruiser on my way out of the harbor. When I exited the harbor, Admiral Armistead and Lt. Goose immediately jumped onto my case that I had falsified logs since they had intel from an unconfirmed source that the Yamato and Hiryu had been spotted elsewhere. You can ask any of my officers or enlisted crew. We sunk the Yamato and Hiryu. The Heavy Cruiser exploded into two pieces. I had jokingly blamed Voodoo curses for the graphical issue. At no point in this attack were any crewmembers injured. Two of my watch crew had been injured in an attack from a Japanese Zero on the way back to Pearl Harbor and I promptly assigned my Medic to treat their wounds. The two crewmen are alive and well. They are still fit for patrol. On the way back to Pearl, Admiral Armistead had accused me of these charges and ordered me to return to base. When I reached Hawaii, I circled the island and then returned to port. Nobody went ashore or came aboard for 2 days while I attempted to negotiate with the Admiral. I claimed that there may be a leak in his chain of command and suggested that somebody close to him may be trying to sabotage American Submarines. Lt. Goose was my first suspect because, as far as my knowledge goes, he was the only one who knew my position and knew of my patrol results.
I was awarded the Silver Star for my ~95,000 tons of enemy warships and I gave a Silver Star to my medic for his heroic actions in saving the lives of two of the watch crew and shooting down the IJAAF Zero with the 20mm Flak Gun.
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