Mind blowing Yamato kill

SgtWalt65 · 08-22-09, 05:45 AM

I was on my way back to my home port after completeing my missions and ran across a large Jap Battle Group. It comsisted of 8 DD's, 3 BB's ( 1 Yamato, and 2 Kongo Class ), 1 Ecort Carrier amd 4 Heavy Crusiers.
At this time I had only 3 torps left, ( 1 Aft and 2 Fore ). I decided to go ahead and do a hit and run on the Yamato if I could get closed enougn to her without being detected. I finally got in front of this Task Force and waited for them to come to me. I was very apprehensive because the DD's for some reason where pinging away and at first I thought they had detected me. But they where either confused or looking for something else. Either way, the TF never started zig zagging.
I had the Yamato 45 degrees from my bow at 5000 yards. Got my bearings and was shooting for the spot between the forward #1 and #2 turrets and set to run at 15 feet. Fired off the torps very close togther. Was about 3 - 4 seconds apart with contact det selected.
Once they started getting close, I used my external camera to watch what happened.

Well lets just say it was frightening. The 1st Torp hit just aft of the #2 turret and made a nice little hole. The 2nd torp went straight into the hole that the 1st one made. Watched it go in all the way to the middle inside the ship and explode. What happened next was the spooky thing. First notice was the "Shes Going Down" message, then a monstrous explosion happen across the entire ship all at the same time. There where no life boats either. Time from 1st hit till she slipped beneth the waves was less than 15 seconds. There was an escort carrier trailing the Yamato and it caught fire and sank about 2 hours later.

Is it possible in this game that the Yamato's explosion took out the carrier? I got no credit for it, but did for the BB.
Anyone ever seen the Yamato go down that fast and with no survivors?

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08-22-09, 05:45 AM	#1
SgtWalt65 Torpedoman Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Addison, Texas USA Posts: 117 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	Mind blowing Yamato kill I was on my way back to my home port after completeing my missions and ran across a large Jap Battle Group. It comsisted of 8 DD's, 3 BB's ( 1 Yamato, and 2 Kongo Class ), 1 Ecort Carrier amd 4 Heavy Crusiers. At this time I had only 3 torps left, ( 1 Aft and 2 Fore ). I decided to go ahead and do a hit and run on the Yamato if I could get closed enougn to her without being detected. I finally got in front of this Task Force and waited for them to come to me. I was very apprehensive because the DD's for some reason where pinging away and at first I thought they had detected me. But they where either confused or looking for something else. Either way, the TF never started zig zagging. I had the Yamato 45 degrees from my bow at 5000 yards. Got my bearings and was shooting for the spot between the forward #1 and #2 turrets and set to run at 15 feet. Fired off the torps very close togther. Was about 3 - 4 seconds apart with contact det selected. Once they started getting close, I used my external camera to watch what happened. Well lets just say it was frightening. The 1st Torp hit just aft of the #2 turret and made a nice little hole. The 2nd torp went straight into the hole that the 1st one made. Watched it go in all the way to the middle inside the ship and explode. What happened next was the spooky thing. First notice was the "Shes Going Down" message, then a monstrous explosion happen across the entire ship all at the same time. There where no life boats either. Time from 1st hit till she slipped beneth the waves was less than 15 seconds. There was an escort carrier trailing the Yamato and it caught fire and sank about 2 hours later. Is it possible in this game that the Yamato's explosion took out the carrier? I got no credit for it, but did for the BB. Anyone ever seen the Yamato go down that fast and with no survivors? __________________ Every day is a good day for the other side to die. Your motto is "Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud". Last edited by SgtWalt65; 08-22-09 at 05:02 PM.