Tales From The Bilge

DavyJonesFootlocker · 02-18-08, 07:45 AM

Now playing through June, 1942 in the Celebes Sea. All ammo expended with 5 ships under my belt and a fighter shot down. So I decided to TC and head home. I got a merchant sighting and decided to ignore it. TC again. All off a sudden BANG! Damage to hull and a whole lot of injured crew. Apparently the merchant was a Large Tanker with a deck gun had speeded up behind and shot me. The bloody ship was hunting me down! No kidding! He was moving at high speed in a zig-zag search pattern. Well I submerged fast. First time I ever encountered an aggressive merchie. How am I gonna play this down back at base?

Rockin Robbins · 02-18-08, 09:12 AM

Your guy aboard the tanker must have been a wannabe Yamato skipper!

Sailor Steve · 02-18-08, 09:46 AM

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How am I gonna play this down back at base?

"There was a destroyer hiding behind it! Yeah, that's the ticket!"

DavyJonesFootlocker · 02-18-08, 10:21 AM

Or maybe I can say that one of the crew had too many cans of beans and the resultant explosion did the damage and injury? Would that stick?:rotfl

o you know how much money I had to bribe my crew not to tell the truth?

Captain Vlad · 02-18-08, 10:38 AM

Medium freighter tried to chase me down and ram me in the South China Sea last patrol. Every turn he tried to cut me off, sometimes violently turning to get on a collision course with me. Ended up sinking him with the deck gun after a stern chase...him chasing me, mind.

AVGWarhawk · 02-18-08, 10:39 AM

Yes, some merchies are crazy. First time I encounted it, the bugger made a B-line right at me

. I was in full back emergency blasting away with my cannon!!! We were nose to nose full bore!! I did finally sink the possessed vessel.

DavyJonesFootlocker · 02-18-08, 10:44 AM

Whew! Glad to know I'm not alone in this crazy encounter. Now I can call Father Ignatius and tell him don't bother with the exorcism.

Torplexed · 02-18-08, 11:15 AM

In every herd of cows, there's gotta be the occassional MAD COW! Sounds like a case of Mad Scow Disease to me.

02-18-08, 07:45 AM	#1
DavyJonesFootlocker The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Stink Drunk in Trinidad Posts: 1,572 Downloads: 138 Uploads: 0	Tales From The Bilge Now playing through June, 1942 in the Celebes Sea. All ammo expended with 5 ships under my belt and a fighter shot down. So I decided to TC and head home. I got a merchant sighting and decided to ignore it. TC again. All off a sudden BANG! Damage to hull and a whole lot of injured crew. Apparently the merchant was a Large Tanker with a deck gun had speeded up behind and shot me. The bloody ship was hunting me down! No kidding! He was moving at high speed in a zig-zag search pattern. Well I submerged fast. First time I ever encountered an aggressive merchie. How am I gonna play this down back at base? __________________ "Silence means death. Stand on your feet. Inner fear your worst enemy."- Sepultura. My Silent Hunter 5 mantra is this......"Torpedo missed, sir!" A P-400 is a P-40 with a Zero after it. A proud member of the Wikipedia Haters Club

02-18-08, 09:12 AM	#2
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Tankers Your guy aboard the tanker must have been a wannabe Yamato skipper! __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

02-18-08, 10:21 AM	#4
DavyJonesFootlocker The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Stink Drunk in Trinidad Posts: 1,572 Downloads: 138 Uploads: 0	Or maybe I can say that one of the crew had too many cans of beans and the resultant explosion did the damage and injury? Would that stick?:rotflo you know how much money I had to bribe my crew not to tell the truth? __________________ "Silence means death. Stand on your feet. Inner fear your worst enemy."- Sepultura. My Silent Hunter 5 mantra is this......"Torpedo missed, sir!" A P-400 is a P-40 with a Zero after it. A proud member of the Wikipedia Haters Club

02-18-08, 10:38 AM	#5
Captain Vlad Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pollard, Oklahoma Posts: 679 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Medium freighter tried to chase me down and ram me in the South China Sea last patrol. Every turn he tried to cut me off, sometimes violently turning to get on a collision course with me. Ended up sinking him with the deck gun after a stern chase...him chasing me, mind. __________________ "Stop sounding battlestations just to hear the alarm."

02-18-08, 10:39 AM	#6
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,254 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Yes, some merchies are crazy. First time I encounted it, the bugger made a B-line right at me. I was in full back emergency blasting away with my cannon!!! We were nose to nose full bore!! I did finally sink the possessed vessel. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

02-18-08, 10:44 AM	#7
DavyJonesFootlocker The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Stink Drunk in Trinidad Posts: 1,572 Downloads: 138 Uploads: 0	Whew! Glad to know I'm not alone in this crazy encounter. Now I can call Father Ignatius and tell him don't bother with the exorcism. __________________ "Silence means death. Stand on your feet. Inner fear your worst enemy."- Sepultura. My Silent Hunter 5 mantra is this......"Torpedo missed, sir!" A P-400 is a P-40 with a Zero after it. A proud member of the Wikipedia Haters Club

02-18-08, 11:15 AM	#8
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	In every herd of cows, there's gotta be the occassional MAD COW! Sounds like a case of Mad Scow Disease to me. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--