What stern tube damage?

Vaux · 10-13-10, 10:13 AM

Hi, all!

RL intervened and kept me from SH4 for a little bit, but I'm back at it. Currently, I'm commanding a Salmon class and it's mid-February '42. I'm on the second patrol of my current campaign, heading out of Surabaya for my patrol zone off the West Coast of the Phillipines.

About halfway there, I encountered 2 Aux Subchasers. They obviously detected me, because they started going into search patterns. Seas were moderate, and they seemed to be having trouble locating my exact position. I was at periscope depth, silent running and heading away from them at about 3,000 yards. Suddenly, one of them came to a dead stop, perpendicular to me on an almost perfect 180 degree bearing. It was tempting so I decided to shoot one stern tube at it.

About 3/4 into the run, the chaser started back up. I don't think he saw the torp, because he only went up to 9 knots and started a search pattern again. Hilariously, the other chaser looped around, intercepted the torp and down she went (talk about luck).

I decided to surface and take out the other chaser with my DG. This didn't work out very well. They're very small targets. He got one hit on me and I emergency dived and eventually evaded him.

My damage control panel showed 6% hull damage, but no other damage evident.

Fast-forward a couple of days and I'm lining up a shot on a freighter with my stern tubes. When I press fire I get the message "Too much damage on stern tubes" and no torp fired. I tried the other 3 stern tubes with the same result.

I double checked my damage control panel and the stern tubes look normal. They are not listed as even being damaged let along destroyed... what gives?

10-13-10, 10:13 AM	#1
Vaux Torpedoman Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Florida Posts: 116 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	What stern tube damage? Hi, all! RL intervened and kept me from SH4 for a little bit, but I'm back at it. Currently, I'm commanding a Salmon class and it's mid-February '42. I'm on the second patrol of my current campaign, heading out of Surabaya for my patrol zone off the West Coast of the Phillipines. About halfway there, I encountered 2 Aux Subchasers. They obviously detected me, because they started going into search patterns. Seas were moderate, and they seemed to be having trouble locating my exact position. I was at periscope depth, silent running and heading away from them at about 3,000 yards. Suddenly, one of them came to a dead stop, perpendicular to me on an almost perfect 180 degree bearing. It was tempting so I decided to shoot one stern tube at it. About 3/4 into the run, the chaser started back up. I don't think he saw the torp, because he only went up to 9 knots and started a search pattern again. Hilariously, the other chaser looped around, intercepted the torp and down she went (talk about luck). I decided to surface and take out the other chaser with my DG. This didn't work out very well. They're very small targets. He got one hit on me and I emergency dived and eventually evaded him. My damage control panel showed 6% hull damage, but no other damage evident. Fast-forward a couple of days and I'm lining up a shot on a freighter with my stern tubes. When I press fire I get the message "Too much damage on stern tubes" and no torp fired. I tried the other 3 stern tubes with the same result. I double checked my damage control panel and the stern tubes look normal. They are not listed as even being damaged let along destroyed... what gives? Last edited by Vaux; 10-13-10 at 11:03 AM.