I like that list, Neal.
Agree 100% with every one of those points, and also with the wish for a free hand pencil or some sort of means for making text notes on the map.
One question, though - IIRC, there were half a dozen or so Russian ships torpedoed by U.S. subs, but were any U.S. sub skippers actually relieved for sinking a Russian neutral? The only particular case I can remember off the top of my head is where one skipper (might have been Moon Chapple?) torpedoed a Russian trawler. Aware of the gravity of his mistake, he took the trawler crew on board. By the end of the patrol, he'd hosted them so well that by the time they were interrogated, they all insisted that they'd been torpedoed by a Japanese sub, and that a U.S. sub had kindly rendered assistance.
What if instead of relief there were a huge loss in renown?
Only other thing I'd add to that is that ALL the Russian ships that were sunk were in the general area of the Sea of Japan, the Kuriles, Sakhalin, etc. - in other words, if they're included, there should be NO Russian ships plying the waters off Rabaul or Kwajalein. My wish would be for them to be found only in logical and historically correct areas.
@safe-keeper: those are great suggestions; how about adding to them "Radar reports contact lost" or something like that? Many claimed sinkings were based on either loss of contact from radar or loss of contact from sonar, or both.
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8. A new compartment to view; such as the engine room, mess, or torpedo room, with 3D crew.
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Make mine the wardroom, then.
So I can read or study the Nat'l Geo. Society map of the Pacific and whatnot. Or play chess - that's one area where I could tolerate a multi-player function. Play online while you patrol. Sure, it would be against other skips, but I could easily pretend that the other captain was instead my XO, etc. Likewise for the other player. And since U.S. officers frequently served aboard one boat before taking command of another, it sort of works.
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