its all about depth

DanCanovas · 09-11-06, 10:18 AM

was the "ping" the only way for U-boats to determine the depth of the water they were in? obviously doing this raises all sorts of problems particularly if you are under attack and need to go deeper.

Sailor Steve · 09-11-06, 10:20 AM

Pretty much, yeah. They did have charts, but except for a handful of harbor charts the depths listed were mostly estimates. This is why shallow-water attacks were ill-advised.

Rose · 09-11-06, 02:46 PM

In the game, if one is trying to determine depth and pings to the bottom, can ASW ships detect that ping?

Hakahura · 09-11-06, 03:11 PM

Note wrong Rose they sure can. I never use the thing, its a sure way of getting detected. You just have to hope for the best when you dive in shallow water. I also think they can hear you if you hit the bottom. I've had them come after me like that even before I've ordered full astern to drag myself out the mud.

Of course one option is to dive slowly in increments if your not sure of the depth, and use the extenal cam. But I think some people might call that cheating.

Shahed · 09-11-06, 08:37 PM

Before you carry out an attack you should ping to know the depth beneath you. If you are under attack or already hunted it makes no difference, ping away.

P_Funk · 09-12-06, 03:30 AM

Isn't there some kind of device that can measure the pressure of the water in order to know depth? I would expect such a device to exist.

ridgewayranger · 09-12-06, 11:13 AM

Boats did of course have an echo sounder. Same principal as pinging but a much shorter transmission. Sounded more like a click. Alternatively, how about sending out a diver through the airlock to take a sounding with the good old leadline??????
RR

09-11-06, 10:18 AM	#1
DanCanovas Grey Wolf Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: London, UK Posts: 778 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	its all about depth was the "ping" the only way for U-boats to determine the depth of the water they were in? obviously doing this raises all sorts of problems particularly if you are under attack and need to go deeper.

09-11-06, 10:20 AM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Pretty much, yeah. They did have charts, but except for a handful of harbor charts the depths listed were mostly estimates. This is why shallow-water attacks were ill-advised. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

09-11-06, 03:11 PM	#4
Hakahura Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Posts: 785 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Note wrong Rose they sure can. I never use the thing, its a sure way of getting detected. You just have to hope for the best when you dive in shallow water. I also think they can hear you if you hit the bottom. I've had them come after me like that even before I've ordered full astern to drag myself out the mud. Of course one option is to dive slowly in increments if your not sure of the depth, and use the extenal cam. But I think some people might call that cheating. __________________ Sir Humphey Appleby, GCB, KBE, MVO and MA. Britain's Greatest Orator, well bar that Churchill fellow.

09-11-06, 08:37 PM	#5
Shahed Planesman Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 189 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Before you carry out an attack you should ping to know the depth beneath you. If you are under attack or already hunted it makes no difference, ping away. __________________ IXC -U-126 DIE STEIGENDE SONNE, 26 PATROLS, ACTIVE. IXB -U-101 DER TEUFEL MITFAHRER, 1 PATROL, ACTIVE.

09-12-06, 03:30 AM	#6
P_Funk Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada, eh? Posts: 2,537 Downloads: 129 Uploads: 0	Isn't there some kind of device that can measure the pressure of the water in order to know depth? I would expect such a device to exist. __________________

09-11-06, 02:46 PM	#3
Rose Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2006 Location: New York City Posts: 966 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	In the game, if one is trying to determine depth and pings to the bottom, can ASW ships detect that ping?

09-12-06, 11:13 AM	#7
ridgewayranger Frogman Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ipswich, England Posts: 302 Downloads: 281 Uploads: 0	Knowing depth Boats did of course have an echo sounder. Same principal as pinging but a much shorter transmission. Sounded more like a click. Alternatively, how about sending out a diver through the airlock to take a sounding with the good old leadline?????? RR

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