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Old 09-27-13, 11:01 AM   #1
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What is your best patrol ever in tonnage, no refits?
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Old 09-27-13, 12:41 PM   #2
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What is your best patrol ever in tonnage, no refits?

Probably August-September 1944 in Luzon Straits with a Gato. Ended patrol with around 94,000 tons or so.Think that was the best, was on 100 realism, cams off.Ran into 5 or 6 convoys, knocked out some big ships than managed to get a light carrier that was one of the convoys.
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Old 09-27-13, 02:26 PM   #3
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Tonnage wise, sneak into Truk sometime.
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In a 10 day period in 1943 I sank the RMS Queen Elizabeth-83673 tons, SS Empress of Britain-42348 tons, a US Boque carrier-14055 tons and a steam trawler-330 tons.

TOTAL 140,406 tons

It was bitchin tonnage for my German sailors and I did not get a single upgrade or new boat for it and felt Hitler must have been off his rocker not to be kissing our ass. I had found a sweet spot southwest of the Irish coast and they simply came to me. I was really shocked to see the Elizabeth without escorts and unarmed. I sank her, the Empress of Britain and steam trawler with the deck gun. I fired 4 torpedoes at the carrier and 3 struck her. I managed to elude the escorts and 30 minutes later came back up to fire 1 more torpedo which hit and she soon sank. At 160 meters the escorts never got a track on me and I escaped.
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I once got both Yamato's and a Kongo during the Sibuyan Sea and still had enough time to catch a crusier that was retreating from the Surigao Strait battle.(I doubt I would be able to repeat that even if I had a million chances.) I don't recall exactly what my tonnage was but it was nearly 200,000 tons.

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Old 09-30-13, 12:15 PM   #6
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When I sunk Armistead's boat. The entire fleet sent me ice cream!
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Old 09-30-13, 07:00 PM   #7
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My best patrol was a challenge to sink four Y's in one patrol. I had enough renown to carry about 1/2 M16's. I sunk 2 Y's in Kurita's center force, then went to Brunei to await the return of the TF, but they beat me there. However, both Y's leave again, I found one sinking it for a total of 3. I had only 3 torps left, so couldn't sink a fourth and settled on a carrier. I then sunk 11 merchants in a storm. My total was about 280K.
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74,000+ tons, raided Kobe and sunk two fleet carriers, two Fuso's a Cruiser and iirc a merchant or two...I'll take that MoH now
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07-20-1943 39960 tons Cunard Aquitania
07-27-1943 39960 tons Cunard Aquitania
08-03-1943 39960 tons Cunard Aquitania
08-13-1943 330 tons Steam Trawler
08-13-1943 330 tons Steam Trawler
08-18-1943 11334 tons MMKMKF Tanker
08-19-1943 42348 tons S.S. Empress of Britain

Total 174,222

Manuel targeting, all open water in the Atlantic. These targets were alone and un-escorted South West of the Irish coast with the exception of the Tanker which was in a very large convoy and escorted by no less than ten ASW vessles. One other Tanker was damaged in that attack but I was forced deep with moderate depth charge damage and left the area.


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People are sinking carriers and large ships..but all I am sinking are small cargo and fishing boats..I have work to do.
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