Feb. 1942 based in Midway began 12/41 ... they just gave me a Gar I had been running a Tambor. I have come to realize the Task force I saw was Yamamoto's Battle group which was separate from the Carrier Force attacking Midway.
I reloaded by last port exit and went back (because I wrote the coordinates down) and this time it only took 5 torpedoes to sink the Yamato. It also took 4 to sink the escort carrier.
I shot from the Yamato's port side. One hit on the bow the second crossed the bow and mysteriously hit the starboard side midway between the bow tip and turret one. A third midsection port side. I was running flank speed matching and paralleling her course. These hits slowed her and I moved in front crossing her bow turning about to her starboard side and put two more in her one midsection and one slightly forward of that area.
None of the at least 6 destroyers came to investigate. I also put 3 in the Nagato for moderate damage, 2 into a chitose for moderate damage 4 duds, 2 premature detonations and 4 misses.
I moved off south and surfaced. I shadow the Battle group for a short time but was spotted and finally fired upon at about 8000 yards by a destroyer. I escaped after being hit three times by shells doing 14% hull damaged and returned to Midway.
I had one IJN plane come within 1600 yards of me and never turned to come after while on another occasion I was spotted at 7000 yards and bombed.
I have a couple of eye candy issues I noticed during this mission:
I believe this is a Fubuki with part of the bottom hull plates showing on the side. A quick repair job at Truk Maybe ?? LOL It also has some rather large white seam lines in the bottom plates.
The Nagato seems to have some very smooth texture and odd pattern under the main weapon mounts:
