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Originally Posted by Quillan
I hit a ship and immobilized it. I waited with it for 4 hours in the hopes that it would sink and I'd get credit, but it never did.
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I just ran across a group of Battleships in the rain and heavy seas east of Luzon. I sunk 3 of them and wounded the fourth severly, but it wouldn't sink. It sat there in the night, listing heavily to starboard with the deck on fire for hours.
I hung around the wounded BB since I figured the rain and high waves would limit the destroyers a bit. I parked my sub underneath her to avoid the escorts and waited. 5 hours after the attack, the escorts had moved off a bit and I was considering surfacing in the rain and darkness to finish her off with the deck gun (big gamble with a Battleship) when suddenly ! heard a big explosion from above.
She rolled over completely and started sinking. I hit flank speed and although I was at 200 feet, I barely missed her as she came crashing down from above. I don't know what prompted her to suddenly explode and sink. I didn't think damaged progressed. But I'm glad she did!