"Sir, we sunk a destroyer...due to a fender-bender!"

[CNYBubblehead]

So, I started a career with the Asiatic Fleet using RFB and Pre-Pearl Harbor career start. The fleet sent me out to patrol in the USS Salmon, and once I received the news about Pearl, I was determined to go after those evil Japanese! I got sent up to the East China Sea, where I happened onto a small convoy filled with lots of juicy merchant targets. I got several, but boy, did their escorts have bees in their bonnets! In a tactical miscalculation, I surfaced to finish off a wounded merchant, because I thought I was far enough away from the escort to do so safely and then escape undetected.

Suddenly, the other escort, which I'd lost track of in the fray, came charging at me. I was about to order a crash dive, but it was too late. I was up on deck, watching helplessly as the Mutsuki-class destroyer proceeded to barrel into my ship, and with a horrible sound of scraping metal, drove right over my stern! I was sure I was done for. Needless to say, I was a bit surprised once he got all the way over me, he was sinking and went down in under a minute! I dove quickly and got out of there as quickly as I could, happy with my sheer luck! I ended up with 50% hull damage, but was just in awe. Sure, I made some tactical mistakes, but that was just quite an experience!

Just thought I'd share a moment that really made me pause and go "wow!" in SH4!