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Molon Labe · 12-02-21, 01:04 PM

12 August 1942
Two tankers hugging coast of Borneo sunk by USS Snapper

South China Sea
Allowing my subs to venture into shallow waters is again bearing fruit. Snapper encountered two 2900 ton Std-C class tankers (which started the war as cargo ships, they're converted) carrying oil from Miri/Brunei east, presumably bound for Japan. It set up a submerged torpedo attack on the first and hit it with both torpedoes it fired--one detonated. The oil it was carrying ignited and doomed the ship. The Snapper then surfaced to engage the other tanker, firing a total of 10 torpedoes plus naval gunfire. Four torpedoes hit, two of which detonated (both in the final salvo), sinking this ship as well.

This raises a question of how long these tankers have been making these trips, hugging the coast, evading my submarine patrols. I'm not too worried, though, ships on this route would still probably be going through the Okinawa area chokepoints, and if it was just these two, they're too small to have been making a huge difference. I should be able to identify good places for minefields based on this information (and the Dutch sub O20--a minelaying specialist--just completed repairs), and I'll continue to adjust sub patrol areas to try to find coast-huggers and the areas where they have to cross deep water.

Sumatra
Our Palembang CAP took down 2 Zeroes and a Sally before enemy sweeps cleared the skies. An enemy Lily was downed by flak. The fires are getting nasty and are damaging facilities as well at stored oil. Love it.

Thailand
We lost another Blenheim near Pisanuloke---this one's on me, I should have canceled these strikes after we took the base.
At Tavoy we traded a Hurricane for a Zero and a Sally. My armies at Tavoy are starting to get organized enough that I'm willing to order an attack for tomorrow.

2 ships were detected offshore in the Bay of Bengal. Not sure what their deal is. My carriers are too far south to respond at the moment.

Hawaii
I'm still bombing Lahaina every day--today, we lost a B-17 to flak. I'm moving my bombing altitude up from 10k to 12k to try to mitigate this in the future.

Solomons
I attacked Guadalcanal's port with B-17s again, this time getting results: we destroyed a mine tender and damaged a sub. One B-17 was lost to flak.

Reinforcements and Refits
SC-700 arrives at Eastern USA
No.25 Sqn RAAF Det arrives at Perth - Buffalos--a badly needed fighter training squadron
1393rd Construction Regiment arrives at Corvallis
12th USN Naval Construction Battalion arrives at Port Hueneme

12-02-21, 01:04 PM	#342
Molon Labe Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Along the Watchtower Posts: 3,810 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 5	12 August 1942 Two tankers hugging coast of Borneo sunk by USS Snapper South China Sea Allowing my subs to venture into shallow waters is again bearing fruit. Snapper encountered two 2900 ton Std-C class tankers (which started the war as cargo ships, they're converted) carrying oil from Miri/Brunei east, presumably bound for Japan. It set up a submerged torpedo attack on the first and hit it with both torpedoes it fired--one detonated. The oil it was carrying ignited and doomed the ship. The Snapper then surfaced to engage the other tanker, firing a total of 10 torpedoes plus naval gunfire. Four torpedoes hit, two of which detonated (both in the final salvo), sinking this ship as well. This raises a question of how long these tankers have been making these trips, hugging the coast, evading my submarine patrols. I'm not too worried, though, ships on this route would still probably be going through the Okinawa area chokepoints, and if it was just these two, they're too small to have been making a huge difference. I should be able to identify good places for minefields based on this information (and the Dutch sub O20--a minelaying specialist--just completed repairs), and I'll continue to adjust sub patrol areas to try to find coast-huggers and the areas where they have to cross deep water. Sumatra Our Palembang CAP took down 2 Zeroes and a Sally before enemy sweeps cleared the skies. An enemy Lily was downed by flak. The fires are getting nasty and are damaging facilities as well at stored oil. Love it. Thailand We lost another Blenheim near Pisanuloke---this one's on me, I should have canceled these strikes after we took the base. At Tavoy we traded a Hurricane for a Zero and a Sally. My armies at Tavoy are starting to get organized enough that I'm willing to order an attack for tomorrow. 2 ships were detected offshore in the Bay of Bengal. Not sure what their deal is. My carriers are too far south to respond at the moment. Hawaii I'm still bombing Lahaina every day--today, we lost a B-17 to flak. I'm moving my bombing altitude up from 10k to 12k to try to mitigate this in the future. Solomons I attacked Guadalcanal's port with B-17s again, this time getting results: we destroyed a mine tender and damaged a sub. One B-17 was lost to flak. Reinforcements and Refits SC-700 arrives at Eastern USA No.25 Sqn RAAF Det arrives at Perth - Buffalos--a badly needed fighter training squadron 1393rd Construction Regiment arrives at Corvallis 12th USN Naval Construction Battalion arrives at Port Hueneme __________________ Last edited by Molon Labe; 12-02-21 at 01:27 PM.