So there we were...

Steelkilt · 08-25-11, 05:24 AM

Silversides 7000 yards outside Guam it's 0300 Pearl time. Happily plinking freighters with radar and the TDC spread adjustment on the attack chart. I use updates ON (giving me the feeling that I actually have a plotting party), but, that's another thread.
"Submarine sighted brg 349 long range"...oh really?...Lining him up I'm thinking, "This is what good dreams are made of, or somthing like that".
"Open tube 7". "Gyro laid in, skipper, depth set 8 feet." "FIRE." "Torpedo in the water"...
I just had to see this so I put the external alee of the torpedo approach. After awhile here comes the white trail of this little sub's (it's a mini,with two fish looking out the bow) destiny. WHANG!...right in the breadbasket.
The damn thing bounced right to the harbour mud, cartwheeled and rolled around in the rocks...and...bobbed right back to the surface like a cork...not a scratch!..."WHAT?"
"Open tube 8, Skipper?"..."Nah"..."Ahead full, second star on the left." "Did you ever, Fred?" "No, Skipper, never. Prolly will again,though." "Yup, prolly will...whatever."...SK

Daniel Prates · 08-25-11, 08:40 AM

These weird target behaviour - such as ships jumping into the air when they are hit, or turning vertically and staying that way, poked into the mud of the harbor - is something that happens sometimes to everybody. Is is a programming defect, i guess. Happens often when you hit targets docked in port.

Still, it's weird, eh?

Jan Kyster · 08-25-11, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Steelkilt

Silversides 7000 yards outside Guam it's 0300 Pearl time...

Since I'm on vacation, it's great to hear my trusty, old girl is still out there!

http://issuu.com/hnsa/docs/ss-236_silversides

And just look at my avatar and sig!

Steelkilt · 08-25-11, 11:29 AM

Actually, I was aboard her a few times. Back when I was living in Chicago...SK

Jan Kyster · 08-25-11, 07:41 PM

Some should never have access!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...34&pr=goog-sl#

Steelkilt · 08-26-11, 05:07 AM

Sick treatment for a fine lady.
Correct me if I'm wrong. When I was aboard they were using banks of smaller batteries to operate limited systems. Are the design batteries still servicable?

08-25-11, 05:24 AM	#1
Steelkilt Mate Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: New York State Posts: 59 Downloads: 113 Uploads: 0	So there we were... Silversides 7000 yards outside Guam it's 0300 Pearl time. Happily plinking freighters with radar and the TDC spread adjustment on the attack chart. I use updates ON (giving me the feeling that I actually have a plotting party), but, that's another thread. "Submarine sighted brg 349 long range"...oh really?...Lining him up I'm thinking, "This is what good dreams are made of, or somthing like that". "Open tube 7". "Gyro laid in, skipper, depth set 8 feet." "FIRE." "Torpedo in the water"... I just had to see this so I put the external alee of the torpedo approach. After awhile here comes the white trail of this little sub's (it's a mini,with two fish looking out the bow) destiny. WHANG!...right in the breadbasket. The damn thing bounced right to the harbour mud, cartwheeled and rolled around in the rocks...and...bobbed right back to the surface like a cork...not a scratch!..."WHAT?" "Open tube 8, Skipper?"..."Nah"..."Ahead full, second star on the left." "Did you ever, Fred?" "No, Skipper, never. Prolly will again,though." "Yup, prolly will...whatever."...SK

08-25-11, 11:29 AM	#4
Steelkilt Mate Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: New York State Posts: 59 Downloads: 113 Uploads: 0	Actually, I was aboard her a few times. Back when I was living in Chicago...SK Last edited by Steelkilt; 08-25-11 at 12:08 PM.

08-25-11, 08:40 AM	#2
Daniel Prates Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Curitiba, Brazil Posts: 938 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	These weird target behaviour - such as ships jumping into the air when they are hit, or turning vertically and staying that way, poked into the mud of the harbor - is something that happens sometimes to everybody. Is is a programming defect, i guess. Happens often when you hit targets docked in port. Still, it's weird, eh?

08-25-11, 07:41 PM	#5
Jan Kyster Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,151 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	Some should *never* have access! http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...34&pr=goog-sl#

08-26-11, 05:07 AM	#6
Steelkilt Mate Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: New York State Posts: 59 Downloads: 113 Uploads: 0	Sick treatment for a fine lady. Correct me if I'm wrong. When I was aboard they were using banks of smaller batteries to operate limited systems. Are the design batteries still servicable?