[Capt. D]

Originally Posted by bookworm_020

I wish to apologise for my first suggestion that th P class shouldn't be in the game, I mixed them up with the early R and O class subs, which were mostly used for training.

The P class did taken an active roll in the war and do deserve consideration for inclusion to SHIV.

Sorry for any upset feelings.

Hey no big deal!! Everyone has to be able to share their opinions. That's what makes a forum like this so good!:p

I think the majority want the S-Class to be included along with the boats that did have impact in the war effort. The Nautilus 14 patrols/missions and Narwhal 15 patrols/missions - though two of the bigger boats - most of which did not do much - did have an impact as transports for special missions etc. Narwhal sank 5 ships during 6 war patrols and Nautilus sank 5 in as many war patrols. Both were retired in early 1945. Along with Argonaut (lost on patrol in '42) the Nautilus and Narwhal were the only boats "outside" the fleet boat realm that saw action and had some impact - to include of course the old S-Boats at the begining of the war.

P class (to just touch base with them again) were entirely welded from the third boat in the class. With the sole exception of the two small Ms, all US subs up to the Tang class of 1951 evolved from the Ps.

Bottom line - everyone has their wish list of boats to include. If we look at SHI and include all boats that that sim had we would about cover all the main classes S-Boats and P's to Tench. I can not remember if SHI had the Nautilus and Narwhal included. SHI did not have much in the way of special missions - e.g. landing commandos or other support groups, supply missions, extracting VIP groups etc. - so they may not have been in there.

Let's hope for SHI classes and if we get more - so much the better!

Happy Hunting