Anybody Seen These?

ijnfleetadmiral · 03-09-12, 11:27 PM

I'm pleased to report I've sighted nearly every type of enemy ship and merchant in SH4 by now, but there are still a few that elude me. The four I'm most interested in finding are:

Troop Transport
Submarine Tender
Minesweeper
Minelayer

Anyone ever seen these? Can anyone give me an idea where I might find them? Is the TT and ST just Allied, or does Japan have them as well? I've sighted several convoys that you'd think would include TTs, but no such luck thus far.

-Matt

peabody · 03-09-12, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by ijnfleetadmiral

I'm pleased to report I've sighted nearly every type of enemy ship and merchant in SH4 by now, but there are still a few that elude me. The four I'm most interested in finding are:

Troop Transport
Submarine Tender
Minesweeper
Minelayer

Anyone ever seen these? Can anyone give me an idea where I might find them? Is the TT and ST just Allied, or does Japan have them as well? I've sighted several convoys that you'd think would include TTs, but no such luck thus far.

-Matt

If you are playing the stock game you can see them in the museum. If you are playing a super mod some ships may be added.
In stock they used ocean liners for troops and I think one smaller one. There was a seaplane tender, I don't think there was specifically a sub tender. There was a minesweeper and minelayer.

Peabody

ijnfleetadmiral · 03-10-12, 05:32 AM

I'm playing the stock game and have viewed these vessels in the museum...I'm just wondering if anyone's ever found them in the game.

-Matt

WernherVonTrapp · 03-10-12, 06:59 PM

I see the Submarine Tender everytime I refit.

peabody · 03-10-12, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ijnfleetadmiral

I'm playing the stock game and have viewed these vessels in the museum...I'm just wondering if anyone's ever found them in the game.

-Matt

I don't remember seeing a minelayer but I have seen all the other ones, but no specific locations.

donna52522 · 03-10-12, 07:10 PM

I constantly sink large minelayers in TMO, see smaller ones a lot too but their not worth the torpedoes.

pabbi · 03-10-12, 08:26 PM

I have seen them all, mostly around Philippines.

TorpX · 03-10-12, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by ijnfleetadmiral

I'm pleased to report I've sighted nearly every type of enemy ship and merchant in SH4 by now, but there are still a few that elude me. The four I'm most interested in finding are:

Troop Transport
Submarine Tender
Minesweeper
Minelayer

The reason you don't see the Troop ships and submarine tenders is that there weren't very many of them. Cargo vessels probably outnumbered passinger/troop ships at least 6 to 1, and were too valuble to be risked carrying cargo, but cargo vessels were often used to transport troops. The small number of sub tenders would spend most of their time at base, so you would not be likely to see them. Some of the minelayers/sweepers were used as improvised escorts, so they might be encountered more often.

ijnfleetadmiral · 03-11-12, 02:03 AM

No, most of my convoys are escorted entirely by DDs...you'd think some of the smaller convoys would have subchasers escorting them, but no, I've only seen subchasers at sea either alone or with a single DD...any other time they're anchored in port.

-Matt

TBear · 03-11-12, 02:53 AM

Troop Transport
Submarine Tender
Minesweeper
Minelayer

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Well actualy all of them last night.

1. Troop transport was part of the strike force

2. Submarine tender needed escort to Rabaul

3. Minesweaper locatet around truk

4. Heavy minelayer doing its job at Tokyo bay

TBear

ijnfleetadmiral · 03-11-12, 08:38 PM

Truk's not even on my map! I get 'Patrol off the Caroline Islands', but Truk itself isn't marked. If it was, I'd have hit it every time!

-Matt

03-09-12, 11:27 PM	#1
ijnfleetadmiral Officer Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Corinth, MS Posts: 242 Downloads: 127 Uploads: 0	Anybody Seen These? I'm pleased to report I've sighted nearly every type of enemy ship and merchant in SH4 by now, but there are still a few that elude me. The four I'm most interested in finding are: Troop Transport Submarine Tender Minesweeper Minelayer Anyone ever seen these? Can anyone give me an idea where I might find them? Is the TT and ST just Allied, or does Japan have them as well? I've sighted several convoys that you'd think would include TTs, but no such luck thus far. -Matt __________________ "It does not matter how the enemy travels, in convoy, in pairs, or alone...I will find him and sink him wherever he is."

03-10-12, 05:32 AM	#3
ijnfleetadmiral Officer Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Corinth, MS Posts: 242 Downloads: 127 Uploads: 0	I'm playing the stock game and have viewed these vessels in the museum...I'm just wondering if anyone's ever found them in the game. -Matt __________________ "It does not matter how the enemy travels, in convoy, in pairs, or alone...I will find him and sink him wherever he is."

03-10-12, 06:59 PM	#4
WernherVonTrapp Admiral Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Now, alot farther from NYC. Posts: 2,228 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	I see the Submarine Tender everytime I refit. __________________ "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Miyamoto Musashi ------------------------------------------------------- "What is truth?" -Pontius Pilate

03-10-12, 07:10 PM	#6
donna52522 Lady Mariner Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 544 Downloads: 225 Uploads: 0	I constantly sink large minelayers in TMO, see smaller ones a lot too but their not worth the torpedoes. __________________

03-10-12, 08:26 PM	#7
pabbi Subsim Overlord Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: On the top of the world Posts: 215 Downloads: 454 Uploads: 0	I have seen them all, mostly around Philippines. __________________ On the top of the world

03-11-12, 02:03 AM	#9
ijnfleetadmiral Officer Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Corinth, MS Posts: 242 Downloads: 127 Uploads: 0	No, most of my convoys are escorted entirely by DDs...you'd think some of the smaller convoys would have subchasers escorting them, but no, I've only seen subchasers at sea either alone or with a single DD...any other time they're anchored in port. -Matt __________________ "It does not matter how the enemy travels, in convoy, in pairs, or alone...I will find him and sink him wherever he is."

03-11-12, 02:53 AM	#10
TBear Medic Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Denmark Posts: 160 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	Troop Transport Submarine Tender Minesweeper Minelayer ----------------- Well actualy all of them last night. 1. Troop transport was part of the strike force 2. Submarine tender needed escort to Rabaul 3. Minesweaper locatet around truk 4. Heavy minelayer doing its job at Tokyo bay TBear __________________ *IJN rules, but peabody makes it float!* *"TAKAO" Status: work in progress*

03-11-12, 08:38 PM	#11
ijnfleetadmiral Officer Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Corinth, MS Posts: 242 Downloads: 127 Uploads: 0	Truk's not even on my map! I get 'Patrol off the Caroline Islands', but Truk itself isn't marked. If it was, I'd have hit it every time! -Matt __________________ "It does not matter how the enemy travels, in convoy, in pairs, or alone...I will find him and sink him wherever he is."