First TMO night surface attack!

kstanb · 02-12-12, 10:13 AM

I did my first TMO, completely-surfaced night attack

. I have attacked ports before, but this was the first time I did not go periscope depth for the final approach against a convoy.

It was early 42, with a "P" boat. convoy was small; 4 to 5 freighters, 2 to 3 destroyers. I was decks awash

Got them completely by surprise (usually when attacking at periscope depth they start pinging just before I lauch my attacks).

I fired at the two biggest ships, 2 torps for each. The first got 2 impacts and sunk, the second changed course and evaded.

Interesting that afterwards, I just changed course and left unmolested, they didn't find me at all , I stayed at decks awash (and slow) for like 10 minutes, afterwards, flank speed fully surfaced.

02-12-12, 10:13 AM	#1
kstanb Sparky Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 153 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	First TMO night surface attack! I did my first TMO, completely-surfaced night attack . I have attacked ports before, but this was the first time I did not go periscope depth for the final approach against a convoy. It was early 42, with a "P" boat. convoy was small; 4 to 5 freighters, 2 to 3 destroyers. I was decks awash Got them completely by surprise (usually when attacking at periscope depth they start pinging just before I lauch my attacks). I fired at the two biggest ships, 2 torps for each. The first got 2 impacts and sunk, the second changed course and evaded. Interesting that afterwards, I just changed course and left unmolested, they didn't find me at all , I stayed at decks awash (and slow) for like 10 minutes, afterwards, flank speed fully surfaced.