12-10-07, 01:31 AM
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Medic 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: The South Pacific, No, Really.... The South Pacific
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Originally Posted by lurker_hlb3
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Originally Posted by Archie
Just 'finished' my 2nd patrol in the new RSRDC 118 TM compat. Have not seen 1 jap ship!! In the 2nd patrol (its mid 1942) I was sent to the Aleutians to recon two harbours (Kiska and somewhere else) then I was to RTB at Dutch Harbour, well, I reconned both bays, no japs, returned to Dutch Harbour, my mission star greyed out and my messages said I had completed but would not allow me to dock and end patrol at Dutch Harbour, so I thought, OK, must have to refuel and head home to pearl, did that, got back to pearl, same deal, won't let me dock and end mission, only refueal/rearm, so I thought, OK (Again) I must have buggered off from Dutch too soon, better head back, made the long trip back to the Aleutians, pulled into Dutch and.... can't dock and end patrol......:hmm: Is there a tonnage requirement to end these missions that they didnt tell me about in my briefing??? I hope not, because I have not seen one jap ship in the 2 months ive been tooling about the northern pacific........ 
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From the first post of this thread
Flotilla 1 is now called ‘SubPac’ and starts in Pearl Harbor. It moves to Midway Island on 7/42, to Majuro Atoll in the Marshall Islands 4/44, to Saipan in the Marianas on 7/44 and finally to Guam on 10/44
Flotilla 2 is now called ‘Task Force 3/51/71’ and starts in Cavite Naval Base, Manila, Philippines on 12/7/41 , moves to Surabaya, Java on 12/24/41, moves Fremantle, WA on 3/01/42 and finally moves to Mios Woendi in the Dutch East Indies on 8/44
Flotilla 3 is now called ‘Task Force 42/72’ and starts in Brisbane on 4/42, and moves to Milne Bay, New Guinea on 10/43, then on to Manus Island in the Admiralties on 5/44 and final Subic Bay, PI on 2/45
Flotilla 4 is called ‘Task Group 8.5’ and starts in Dutch Harbor, Aleutian Islands on 5/42 and exits on 10/43 |
Ahhhhhhh, thankyou Lurker, I should heed my own advice and RTFQ (Read the f@%#&$g question)... It's off to Midway i go..... 
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