As much as i enjoy type 9's......

[Ducimus]

I have to admit, the IXD2 is just too damn big. I never realized how big they really are until one day.. a long time ago, i got blasted to the surface and subsquently rammed.


Note size compared to the DE.


But thats not the boat that i just lost. Acutally, come to think of it, i havent had a IXD2 career where i DIDN'T lose the boat. :hmm:

My latest loss... well... maybe i should look into the 2nd patrol club.

All things considered, i think i did exceptionally well given the year, boat, and ASW i encountered.


Here is the ONLY single merchant i sank:

18 Jan 1943
0710 ET 82 Ship sunk! C2 Cargo, 4864 tons

Here is the attack on the first convoy i encountered

07 Feb 1943
0138 GR 58 Ship sunk! Bogue Class, 15390 tons
0312 GR 58 Ship sunk! Tramp Steamer, 1969 tons
0328 GR 58 Ship sunk! River Class , 1350 tons
0406 GR 58 Ship sunk! River Class , 1350 tons

yeah, soo... well, that escort carrier was ticking me off. I saw him, and he' was all i focused on. The first DE happen to get in line with my aft tube before i went deep and received a healthy depth charging. The last DE came back sniffing around for me after i finished off the tramp steamer. Surpised the hell out of me too, he crawled right up my baffels. Popped the scope and there he was.



Heres the results of an attack on a second convoy i encountered, south of madagascar, NE of Durban.

17 Feb 1943
0445 87 Ship sunk! Troop Transport, 8279 tons
0630 87 Ship sunk! Heavy Transport, 7521 tons

Again, a healthy depth charging. I honestly didnt think id survive but i did.


On 22 Feb 1943, i encountered a 3rd convoy and prosocuted another attack. As if i hadnt learned my lesson from the two previous "payoffs" i recieved. Two magnetic shots under the keel of a T3 tanker. Both of which hit. Never saw him sink though. Shot two more at a T2 tanker. One prematured, the other missed.

This depth charging was even longer, and with the uboat twice damaged by near hits, i was forced to go shallower and shallower. When i couldnt go deeper then 170 meters without being crushed i knew my chances of surviving was 10 to 1. After the yet another masssive bombadment (i honestly thought theyd run out of depth charges soon) i recieved a hit which forced me to blow ballast. 10 seconds later, another one landed right forward of the conning tower, and that was all she wrote.


3 convoy attacks, 3 depth charging's, and all with the exterior camera off i might add. After the second convoy attack i was seriously consiering avoiding convoys. Of course when i made contact with that 3rd convoy i didnt think twice about it and attacked. Obviously i shouldnt have.