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maillemaker · 07-10-14, 10:39 AM

I used Google to find this thread on it:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=149513

If you scroll down a bit you will see a version for GWX3.

Well, U-64 bought the farm last night.

It was July 1942. We were off the coast of the United States, off the continental shelf just off Charleston.

We received a radio notification of a ship contact in shallow water, so we made a dash for it. On the way, we spotted a Fletcher class destroyer. I decided to use my tried and true down-the-throat shot to take him out.

It was a bright sunny day, with flat seas, so we manned the deck gun and lobbed a few shots at the destroyer to get his attention, which we promptly did.

He ran straight at us, and we at him, until he got within pinging range, and I let my torpedo fly. Sadly I had forgotten to set the target speed back to zero, and so my torpedo went in the wrong direction. I made a quick correction and a follow-up shot but he was too close and the torpedo did not arm.

We tried to turn away, but we were too close. The destroyer hit us with an earth-shattering crash and the tearing of steel. Then we heard an explosion just aft of us. The sound man reported, "She's going down!"

We tried to open the hatch to the conning tower, but it was jammed shut. So we went out the aft hatch. The conning tower was...just gone. Completely sheared from the hull as if a giant scythe had come along and cut it away like grass. To our stern the Fletcher class was sinking rapidly by the bow and on fire, with men jumping off the sides into the sea.

With no bridge to station outlooks upon, we turned towards the open sea at flank speed, completely blind down below.

Within minutes we were rocked with explosions and we could hear the roar of aircraft engines. We were knocked down to 17% hull integrity and extreme damage. The port diesel was destroyed. Flooding. I put the damage control team to work, and we went for periscope depth with only 20 or so meters under the hull.

We got submerged, but I guess there was a fuel leak or they could see us in the clear, calm shallow water, but another burst of bombs fell on us, and knocked us down to 7% hull integrity.

Even at only periscope depth, the hull began to come apart around us, and we sank to our shallow grave.

Steve

P.S. I was surprised as in game we could not station any men on the bridge as it said "compartment destroyed". I had thought that if this happened the game would continue sticking your men on the bridge and killing them one after another. I was relieved that did not happen, but in the end it didn't matter.

07-10-14, 10:39 AM	#15
maillemaker Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,639 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	I used Google to find this thread on it: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=149513 If you scroll down a bit you will see a version for GWX3. Well, U-64 bought the farm last night. It was July 1942. We were off the coast of the United States, off the continental shelf just off Charleston. We received a radio notification of a ship contact in shallow water, so we made a dash for it. On the way, we spotted a Fletcher class destroyer. I decided to use my tried and true down-the-throat shot to take him out. It was a bright sunny day, with flat seas, so we manned the deck gun and lobbed a few shots at the destroyer to get his attention, which we promptly did. He ran straight at us, and we at him, until he got within pinging range, and I let my torpedo fly. Sadly I had forgotten to set the target speed back to zero, and so my torpedo went in the wrong direction. I made a quick correction and a follow-up shot but he was too close and the torpedo did not arm. We tried to turn away, but we were too close. The destroyer hit us with an earth-shattering crash and the tearing of steel. Then we heard an explosion just aft of us. The sound man reported, "She's going down!" We tried to open the hatch to the conning tower, but it was jammed shut. So we went out the aft hatch. The conning tower was...just gone. Completely sheared from the hull as if a giant scythe had come along and cut it away like grass. To our stern the Fletcher class was sinking rapidly by the bow and on fire, with men jumping off the sides into the sea. With no bridge to station outlooks upon, we turned towards the open sea at flank speed, completely blind down below. Within minutes we were rocked with explosions and we could hear the roar of aircraft engines. We were knocked down to 17% hull integrity and extreme damage. The port diesel was destroyed. Flooding. I put the damage control team to work, and we went for periscope depth with only 20 or so meters under the hull. We got submerged, but I guess there was a fuel leak or they could see us in the clear, calm shallow water, but another burst of bombs fell on us, and knocked us down to 7% hull integrity. Even at only periscope depth, the hull began to come apart around us, and we sank to our shallow grave. Steve P.S. I was surprised as in game we could not station any men on the bridge as it said "compartment destroyed". I had thought that if this happened the game would continue sticking your men on the bridge and killing them one after another. I was relieved that did not happen, but in the end it didn't matter.