I started in the asiatic arena and on my first war patrol came home with empty torpedo rooms and 9 ships sunk for around 43000 tons.
My 2nd war patrol, again empty torpedo rooms with 9 ships sunk for 45000 tons. Was trying like hell to get 10. At the end of that war patrol I noticed manila was taken by the japs and I had to go to Surabaya to end patrol.
My 3rd war patrol with a new boat, again empty torpedo rooms with 10 ships sunk for 46000 tons. My boat is rapidly running out of brooms for the periscope when we pull in.
** My only gripe with these patrol was I was given the victory medal (medal of honor) when it should have been a lower award and I'm thinking about revisiting my medal mod and going back to the previous version I had. Wasn't perfect but it worked.**
NOW THE KICKER: I end up transferred to Pearl where I start out at and head back to the celebes sea. Right away I run into a convoy where I sink a destroyer on a snap shot as she appeared out of no where at night. I get the objectives to focus on convoy escorts so that re attacks on the convoy could be achieved. I end up sinking 2 more destroyers and have nothing but ships around me. Conserving torpedos for short accurate shots I end up sinking, damaging enough so they won't go no where and can be finished with deck gun later, and ultimately battle surfacing and sinking the entire convoy for 13 ships at 67000 tons. On my way back I get bomb twice by airplanes. Even though radar is installed I get no fore warning and recieve damage on both occasions so that I have to emergency surface, fight off the planes while making emergence repairs which I am successful.
I pull into port...get 2 medals and a note stating because of my less the noteworthy achievements I am retired early.
Was it the plane attacks? Or was I suppose to NOT sink the blipping convoy? Anyone else have similar sea stories?