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Originally Posted by torpedobait
Don't recall if the matter of Split Merchants sitting still was ever resolved, but I just found another instance, but this time it is two Hiyo Class CVs.
On completion of third patrol out of Fremantle, was offered a new boat (Gato) and upon taking it was airlifted to Pearl Harbor. Requested a transfer to Brisbane, which was granted. Left Brisbane for a patrol off Lingayen Gulf on 2/09/43. On 2/19/43 encountered an IJN Task Force South and East of Leyte Gulf, where I sank two escort carriers and one Takao heavy cruiser. Making my escape to the NNE, about an hour later I got two sonar contacts, that appeared not to be moving.
I checked them out - 2 Hiyo class CV's sitting dead in the water, about 1/2 mile apart. Whether they were part of the TF I had attacked and laid back, or were held up for some other reason I can't say. They were at approximately 127-34E; 008-39N and just sitting there in the dark.
Three Mark 14's each later and they went to the bottom.
Now I'm not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, but finding that much tonnage in strategic warships just sitting there was indeed strange. No escorts in sight, sonar, or radar range!
Just thought you'd like to know.
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Originally Posted by Mios 4Me
Another plane-induced CTD, this time just below the southernmost contour line of the Bungo Suido on 7/7/45, sometime between midnight and dawn. Plane type is unknowable as the CTD occurs before it's in visual range. Timeframe is mid-1943 to mid-1945.
Types believed to be excluded:
- all single-engine fighters operating in pairs or lacking radar
- Betty ASW
- Betty Ohka
- Emily/Mavis (encountered multiple unit flights of one of these types around Truk without issue)
- Lorna (not spotted but non-operational prior to 1945)
My impression is that all of the other identified all-weather ASW contacts we've had post-Truk were of a single type, most likely Judy. Not sure we've seen a single Kate or Jill; the latter being the obvious culprit and so undoubtedly exonerated long ago.
If the CTDs are not induced by a specific plane per se, could it be a combination of diving, turning, and a radar alert in conjunction with something else? In three of the four specific cases I recall, we were following a recently plotted course involving multiple turns over a relatively large area (Convoy College being the smallest; Bungo-Kii-Suruga the largest) and went to periscope depth upon radar warning of a plane. TC was somewhere between 32 and 250ish, IIRC.
USS Balao, ex-Saipan, after completing Abuse patrol.
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Originally Posted by KaleunMarco
i vote for the ASW Betty. That is the plane that was in the vicinity when i got my CTD.
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Guys, as propbeanie has stated previous in this thread, all the CTD issues with aircraft have now been fixed, I have personally tested and watched every axis aircraft doing an attack run on several trawlers i usd as targets, very interesting to watch.
Some of the axis aircraft, now also have radar from 1942 onwards, again, each aircraft has been tested by me... keep those periscopes hidden...
And, lastly I have made changes to all the damage models in the AI Jap subs, each one now slides towards Davy Jones Locker after 2/3 torpedo hits.
Probeanie has all the above files, for final testing, as he completes his work.
on another note, I saw above that the Hiyo Class CVs were seen having a tea-break,I have ran this model in a single mission and can confirm it's A-OK in-game, so another unit close by has effected it. We have already tracked and fixed serveral JPN sea units..
