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Captain Vlad · 11-06-07, 12:17 AM

I have no idea if this'll be any help or not, but I've ran into a fair number of tankers in the Celebes and Java seas in 1942. Very rarely see them solo...except for the occasional 'small, old, engine aft' (which are tankers, apparently), almost all of them I've sank, shot at, or cursed as my torpedoes missed were part of a convoy.

There also seems to be a shipping route along the south coast of whatever island Rabaul is on (can remember the name at the moment). Ran into four in that area on my current patrol, two mediums, two small 'engine aft' types. They were travelling in pairs.

11-06-07, 12:17 AM	#2
Captain Vlad Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pollard, Oklahoma Posts: 679 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I have no idea if this'll be any help or not, but I've ran into a fair number of tankers in the Celebes and Java seas in 1942. Very rarely see them solo...except for the occasional 'small, old, engine aft' (which are tankers, apparently), almost all of them I've sank, shot at, or cursed as my torpedoes missed were part of a convoy. There also seems to be a shipping route along the south coast of whatever island Rabaul is on (can remember the name at the moment). Ran into four in that area on my current patrol, two mediums, two small 'engine aft' types. They were travelling in pairs. __________________ "Stop sounding battlestations just to hear the alarm."