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Bubblehead1980 · 08-01-13, 03:05 AM

Most of the time, it's prob from a spawn bug or a collision while you were closing.I was recently in luzon straits in 1944 and moving ahead one afternoon to attack a convoy, a convoy from the north came into radar range, they were going to come awful close, in fact, both had about 12 ships each(large by IJN) standards.I closed and soon saw them running into one another, one small merchant was rammed by a large tanker, it caught fire and went down.Checked the nav map, there was a sunken ship icon.

I have also seen a heavy cruiser run over a small escort before and slice it in two.I've seen collisions cause damage and fire but not a sinking.Unseen attacks is also possible.I know for a fact in the solomons where I put PT boats patroling at nights, they use their guns to shoot up the small japanese ships, when i arrive on scene some are on fire. Translate this over to the ATO, there are many likely causes.Enemy action is possible but more than likely from collisions etc

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Bubblehead1980 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Florida USA Posts: 7,107 Downloads: 605 Uploads: 44	Most of the time, it's prob from a spawn bug or a collision while you were closing.I was recently in luzon straits in 1944 and moving ahead one afternoon to attack a convoy, a convoy from the north came into radar range, they were going to come awful close, in fact, both had about 12 ships each(large by IJN) standards.I closed and soon saw them running into one another, one small merchant was rammed by a large tanker, it caught fire and went down.Checked the nav map, there was a sunken ship icon. I have also seen a heavy cruiser run over a small escort before and slice it in two.I've seen collisions cause damage and fire but not a sinking.Unseen attacks is also possible.I know for a fact in the solomons where I put PT boats patroling at nights, they use their guns to shoot up the small japanese ships, when i arrive on scene some are on fire. Translate this over to the ATO, there are many likely causes.Enemy action is possible but more than likely from collisions etc Last edited by Bubblehead1980; 08-04-13 at 06:55 PM.