Who is Running Fremantle???

Frame57 · 06-22-09, 04:22 PM

OK I am just ranting so bear with me. I decide to take a Tambor class boat out of the Asiatic fleet in 1941. Great first patrol, bagged one Kongo and an escort carrier pulling the vulgar 69 attack on the task force...) Well my next mission is an Intel, I complete it and then guess what? I get another one in the shallow waters of Indonesia. I barley complete that one with the boat intact and then I get to patrol the shallow waters of the Jawa sea. Why would these numbskulls put a boat on suicide missions when the first patrol was awesome up neaer the Phillipines? Solution....I transferred to Pearl....

Akula4745 · 06-22-09, 05:52 PM

LOL

I have had similar thoughts on occasion, Frame...

SteamWake · 06-22-09, 07:15 PM

Your lucky they accepted your transfer

captgeo · 06-22-09, 08:39 PM

I try hard to go to Brisbane and stay there, because I found the same thing happening to me.

Stealhead · 06-23-09, 12:55 AM

I see you did not notice they call it Jawa Sea.(should be Java Sea)

SgtPotato · 06-23-09, 01:20 AM

Wait, wait, wait... you said that you used a Tambor-class with Asiatic Fleet in 1941? There are only a S-18, a Porpoise-class, a Salmon-class, and a Sargo-class. I don't see Tambor on the list. I think you misunderstood the sub class or did you modify it yourself?!

TLAM Strike · 06-23-09, 04:41 PM

I've done some good work in the Java sea. Took out a whole convoy of 6 ships and a pair of Destroyers for good measure early in my current carreir (currently my captain is in Aug 44). High speed surface attacks are the key here. Also if you incounter a very well defended conovy don't attack right away, shadow it until it gets to deeper waters of the South China Sea or Celebs Sea and make a dived attacked.

Frame57 · 06-24-09, 08:52 AM

I have not performed some mission before, but it seems like I wind up with them again very soon. I have not been too successful with surface attacks I seem to get picked up by radar most of the time. Eh, I admit it I have a phobia of shallow water...

06-24-09, 11:25 AM

TLAM Strike wrote...

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High speed surface attacks are the key here.

Inquiring minds want to know...tell us your strategy.

Urge

joeljansson · 06-25-09, 06:16 AM

yes please tell us i have some trouble whit surface attacks i dont even use the deck gun its like killing a man whit some grass i rader use 40 mm AA gun

then put to HE and fire at the deck of any skip they go boom in half a minute trust me. try it.

Akula4745 · 06-25-09, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by joeljansson

...then put to HE and fire at the deck of any skip they go boom in half a minute...

You must be playing the stock v1.5 - in RFB you can pound them senseless and they still float forever. They may burn a little but the deck gun just doesn't complete the kill. Figure TMO is the same... that one is next for me.

TLAM Strike · 06-26-09, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Urge

TLAM Strike wrote...

Inquiring minds want to know...tell us your strategy.

Urge

In the shallows I parallel the enemy's course infront of the convoy until it gets very dark (like after moonset). I pick a postition between two escorts and move in at flank and take a shot at the nearest merchant at the first opertunity then dash away before my fish hit. If I'm forced to dive I immedately change course leaving a decoy in my wake and try to get on to a course taking me away from the convoy. If the DDs are greater than 6,000 yrds I'll run for it up top unless they are scanning with searchlights. After I have dusted off the DDs I'll try go back to the attack area and look for any disabled ships or straglers.

06-22-09, 04:22 PM	#1
Frame57 Sea Lord Join Date: May 2008 Location: 1300 feet on the crapper Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Who is Running Fremantle??? OK I am just ranting so bear with me. I decide to take a Tambor class boat out of the Asiatic fleet in 1941. Great first patrol, bagged one Kongo and an escort carrier pulling the vulgar 69 attack on the task force...) Well my next mission is an Intel, I complete it and then guess what? I get another one in the shallow waters of Indonesia. I barley complete that one with the boat intact and then I get to patrol the shallow waters of the Jawa sea. Why would these numbskulls put a boat on suicide missions when the first patrol was awesome up neaer the Phillipines? Solution....I transferred to Pearl.... __________________ "My Religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble minds." Albert Einstein

06-22-09, 05:52 PM	#2
Akula4745 Convicted Ship Killer Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Just out of sight... plotting your course and speed Posts: 846 Downloads: 371 Uploads: 1	LOL I have had similar thoughts on occasion, Frame... __________________ Akula4745 "If you sit by the river long enough... the body of your enemy will float by -- SunTzu"

06-22-09, 07:15 PM	#3
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Your lucky they accepted your transfer __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

06-22-09, 08:39 PM	#4
captgeo Samurai Navy Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Ontario,Canada Posts: 550 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	I try hard to go to Brisbane and stay there, because I found the same thing happening to me. __________________

06-23-09, 04:41 PM	#7
TLAM Strike Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 8,633 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 6	I've done some good work in the Java sea. Took out a whole convoy of 6 ships and a pair of Destroyers for good measure early in my current carreir (currently my captain is in Aug 44). High speed surface attacks are the key here. Also if you incounter a very well defended conovy don't attack right away, shadow it until it gets to deeper waters of the South China Sea or Celebs Sea and make a dived attacked. __________________

06-23-09, 12:55 AM	#5
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I see you did not notice they call it Jawa Sea.(should be Java Sea)

06-23-09, 01:20 AM	#6
SgtPotato Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: In your ocean, sinking your ships Posts: 721 Downloads: 96 Uploads: 0	Wait, wait, wait... you said that you used a Tambor-class with Asiatic Fleet in 1941? There are only a S-18, a Porpoise-class, a Salmon-class, and a Sargo-class. I don't see Tambor on the list. I think you misunderstood the sub class or did you modify it yourself?!

06-24-09, 08:52 AM	#8
Frame57 Sea Lord Join Date: May 2008 Location: 1300 feet on the crapper Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I have not performed some mission before, but it seems like I wind up with them again very soon. I have not been too successful with surface attacks I seem to get picked up by radar most of the time. Eh, I admit it I have a phobia of shallow water... __________________ "My Religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble minds." Albert Einstein

06-25-09, 06:16 AM	#10
joeljansson Sparky Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: in front of the screen in sweden Posts: 158 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	yes please tell us i have some trouble whit surface attacks i dont even use the deck gun its like killing a man whit some grass i rader use 40 mm AA gun then put to HE and fire at the deck of any skip they go boom in half a minute trust me. try it. __________________