Japanese Sub - Balabae Strait

[JoeCorrado]

Balabae Strait: February 15th, 1942 - sonar contact;1400 hours.

Proceeded to close with the contact which my target identification team had identified with no reservations as a Japanese sub travelling on the surface. The enemy was proceeding in a ESE direction at slow speed though the straits and would pass very close to us.

Our final approach from the North made the attack almost too easy and with a nearly perfect firing solution we closed to optimim range of under 700 yards (for absolute identification purposes as well as can't miss solution) before sending our torpedoes on their way. In the end, the enemy never had a chance.

Suprisingly, it took two torpedoes to send him to the bottom where he came to his final resting place in just over 600 feet of water... we continued on our way wishing now only to exit the area and leave behind the final resting place of so many of our fellow submariners, enemy or no.

Running TMO 152 with RSRD v371 (patch 8) - What a great combination.

Not a single enemy contact for 22 days and then BAM- it changes iin an instant with an enemy sub no less!