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Dignan · 04-19-08, 01:45 PM

So I'm in a bit of a pickle. I'm waiting off the japanese coast at an undisclosed location to insert my ONI agent. There was a good amount of fog when I arrived and and I cut off my engines to await nightfall. Radar was picking up contacts moving around me. One of them looked like a merchant ship. I just saw half a silouette through the fog. I submerged to periscope depth but I think I was spotted by this ship and reported. Several contacts in the vicinity immediately made a dash for me. I dove to a depth of about 300, sitting just above the ocean floor. The three contacts are now just circling above my position.

My question is do gunboats have sonar? I'm not hearing any pinging, they don't sound like destroyers, they sound like something smaller and louder, but they continue to hover above me (about three of them). Somehow these small gunboats know I'm here and won't leave. I've sat patiently for about an hour. They continue to circle above me. Should this be possible? They aren't pinging nor dropping DCs. I'm waiting for nightfall to surface and complete the mission but won't be able to with these things on my position. Advice?

04-19-08, 01:45 PM	#1
Dignan Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 698 Downloads: 262 Uploads: 0	Gunboats have sonar? So I'm in a bit of a pickle. I'm waiting off the japanese coast at an undisclosed location to insert my ONI agent. There was a good amount of fog when I arrived and and I cut off my engines to await nightfall. Radar was picking up contacts moving around me. One of them looked like a merchant ship. I just saw half a silouette through the fog. I submerged to periscope depth but I think I was spotted by this ship and reported. Several contacts in the vicinity immediately made a dash for me. I dove to a depth of about 300, sitting just above the ocean floor. The three contacts are now just circling above my position. My question is do gunboats have sonar? I'm not hearing any pinging, they don't sound like destroyers, they sound like something smaller and louder, but they continue to hover above me (about three of them). Somehow these small gunboats know I'm here and won't leave. I've sat patiently for about an hour. They continue to circle above me. Should this be possible? They aren't pinging nor dropping DCs. I'm waiting for nightfall to surface and complete the mission but won't be able to with these things on my position. Advice?