Tell us what you are up to in your current campaign...

Bubblehead1980 · 07-06-10, 01:55 PM

I saw a thread like this in SH 3 forums so figured I would try to start one here.Share with the community your current career, patrol.Include info such as homeport, patrol area, tonnage, mods(TMO, RFB) and an account(can be a summary if youre not long winded like i am lol) of most recent patrol.Screenshots are welcome.Everyone enjoys a good patrol story so share!

I'll start out with my last patrol and my upcoming patrol.I play two careers to keep things fresh and alternate every patrol.I currently have a career out of Fremantle in 1942(started in January) with USS Skipjack, Salmon class.

My last patrol began in late May 1942 , I was assigned to Luzon Straits, I went through the Indian Ocean and transited the Sunda Strait into the Java Sea then went up past Singapore off the Indochina Coast and patroled there for a almost two weeks.I spent most of my time dodging planes but did find a small Haruna Maru tanker, which took 6 torpedos to sink due to repeated torpedo failures.I then transited up the coast past Hainan Island, forced to travel submerged during daylight at 4 knots due to heavy air cover and slower dive time of the Salmon class(too many close calls and matches early war tactics to stay under so I do so in early war careers) While en route to Luzon Strait we spotted a 4 ship , 1 escort convoy moving at 12 knots, most likely leaving Formosa Straits.Targets were only at 9,000 yards when spotted and seas where heavy but went to GQ, dove and went to 100 feet for high speed run, the escort couldnt hear me due to the heavy seas.I soon found myself 1400 yards from two large freighters and two small freighters, I aimed two torpedos at each other large freighters, 3 prematures and one hit on a Momoyama Maru.The DD came roaring in so I went to 250 feet.When I surfaced an hour later, heavy rains, fog and seas, without radar, lost convoy even after a 24 hour pursuit down their possible courses.Continued on to Luzon Strait, made two attacks on a long merchant but all 8 torpedos failed, then heavy air cover kept me from following up the attack.The next couple weeks had no contacts.I found a Task Force in Luzon Straits, two heavy cruisers, three light and two Kongo BB's.Was only able to get to 5000 yards, fired all remaining fish, which missed, it was a long shot.Out of fish and down to 40 percent fuel after a couple months at sea, I turned for home via the east coast of Philippines, past Halmahera and Timor to Fremantle.Encountered a lone small taihosan maru coastal freighter off Leyte Gulf, used deck gun to sink her.Arrived home on August 28, 1942, 3 months to the day since we left Fremantle.Tonnage wise and missing, patrol was disappointing but enjoyed it.

Next patrol is with USS Parche, Balao Class out of Pearl Harbor for Fourth War Patrol , will leave for Area 5 off Japan on January 11, 1945.

Luckily I left the external camera on for this patrol and got these shots of the Kongo I had targeted.

07-06-10, 01:55 PM	#1
Bubblehead1980 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Florida USA Posts: 7,100 Downloads: 605 Uploads: 44	Tell us what you are up to in your current campaign... I saw a thread like this in SH 3 forums so figured I would try to start one here.Share with the community your current career, patrol.Include info such as homeport, patrol area, tonnage, mods(TMO, RFB) and an account(can be a summary if youre not long winded like i am lol) of most recent patrol.Screenshots are welcome.Everyone enjoys a good patrol story so share! I'll start out with my last patrol and my upcoming patrol.I play two careers to keep things fresh and alternate every patrol.I currently have a career out of Fremantle in 1942(started in January) with USS Skipjack, Salmon class. My last patrol began in late May 1942 , I was assigned to Luzon Straits, I went through the Indian Ocean and transited the Sunda Strait into the Java Sea then went up past Singapore off the Indochina Coast and patroled there for a almost two weeks.I spent most of my time dodging planes but did find a small Haruna Maru tanker, which took 6 torpedos to sink due to repeated torpedo failures.I then transited up the coast past Hainan Island, forced to travel submerged during daylight at 4 knots due to heavy air cover and slower dive time of the Salmon class(too many close calls and matches early war tactics to stay under so I do so in early war careers) While en route to Luzon Strait we spotted a 4 ship , 1 escort convoy moving at 12 knots, most likely leaving Formosa Straits.Targets were only at 9,000 yards when spotted and seas where heavy but went to GQ, dove and went to 100 feet for high speed run, the escort couldnt hear me due to the heavy seas.I soon found myself 1400 yards from two large freighters and two small freighters, I aimed two torpedos at each other large freighters, 3 prematures and one hit on a Momoyama Maru.The DD came roaring in so I went to 250 feet.When I surfaced an hour later, heavy rains, fog and seas, without radar, lost convoy even after a 24 hour pursuit down their possible courses.Continued on to Luzon Strait, made two attacks on a long merchant but all 8 torpedos failed, then heavy air cover kept me from following up the attack.The next couple weeks had no contacts.I found a Task Force in Luzon Straits, two heavy cruisers, three light and two Kongo BB's.Was only able to get to 5000 yards, fired all remaining fish, which missed, it was a long shot.Out of fish and down to 40 percent fuel after a couple months at sea, I turned for home via the east coast of Philippines, past Halmahera and Timor to Fremantle.Encountered a lone small taihosan maru coastal freighter off Leyte Gulf, used deck gun to sink her.Arrived home on August 28, 1942, 3 months to the day since we left Fremantle.Tonnage wise and missing, patrol was disappointing but enjoyed it. Next patrol is with USS Parche, Balao Class out of Pearl Harbor for Fourth War Patrol , will leave for Area 5 off Japan on January 11, 1945. Luckily I left the external camera on for this patrol and got these shots of the Kongo I had targeted. Last edited by Bubblehead1980; 07-06-10 at 02:05 PM.