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Fish40 · 05-21-07, 07:11 AM

During my current patrol off the Solomons, I recieved a radar contact, so I went to investigate. The contact(s) turned out to be a fishing boat, and a Junk. I know historicly, both types of vesseles were used by the Japanese to try to ship supplies and weapons, either by forceing the crews of the vesseles to cooperate, or by simply takeing them over.

It was always a tricky affair for the sub crews, as they had to board such vessels and determine if indeed these craft were being used by the Japanese, or if they were just ordinary "Joes" fishing for a liveing.

In the game, as was probrably in real life, these craft sport no national flag.Since there is no way to board these for inspection (Possible mod perhaps?), do you just plug them for the heck of it and assume they were carrying weapons?

05-21-07, 07:11 AM	#1
Fish40 The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Yonkers, NY U.S.A. Posts: 1,507 Downloads: 154 Uploads: 0	Friend or Foe? During my current patrol off the Solomons, I recieved a radar contact, so I went to investigate. The contact(s) turned out to be a fishing boat, and a Junk. I know historicly, both types of vesseles were used by the Japanese to try to ship supplies and weapons, either by forceing the crews of the vesseles to cooperate, or by simply takeing them over. It was always a tricky affair for the sub crews, as they had to board such vessels and determine if indeed these craft were being used by the Japanese, or if they were just ordinary "Joes" fishing for a liveing. In the game, as was probrably in real life, these craft sport no national flag.Since there is no way to board these for inspection (Possible mod perhaps?), do you just plug them for the heck of it and assume they were carrying weapons?