I didn't know that.

Telemon · 11-30-10, 02:06 PM

Greetings,

playing in a recent career and was attacking a convoy. There was a solitary DD 'twixt the convoy and me so I tasked my hydrophone operator to track it as it was the nearest enemy ship. Fair enough I keep getting reports on the DD, it's moving away so I concentrate on my attack. Then the report "enemy brg c045 degs moving away fast long range".

I raise the 'scope and BANG!! A DD rolls over me! Attack 'scope, deck gun destroyed and major hull leaks. End of a promising career.

What had obviously happened is that the hyd operator stays with the original 'nearest' enemy even when it is no longer the nearest.
Has any one else fallen for this one?

CherryHarbey · 11-30-10, 03:34 PM

I'll be the first to answer with this....

yes, once.

I doubt I'll be the last.

Missing Name · 11-30-10, 03:47 PM

Yup.

Except it was a cruiser I was tracking and a DD attacked me.

flag4 · 11-30-10, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Telemon

Greetings,

playing in a recent career and was attacking a convoy. There was a solitary DD 'twixt the convoy and me so I tasked my hydrophone operator to track it as it was the nearest enemy ship. Fair enough I keep getting reports on the DD, it's moving away so I concentrate on my attack. Then the report "enemy brg c045 degs moving away fast long range".

I raise the 'scope and BANG!! A DD rolls over me! Attack 'scope, deck gun destroyed and major hull leaks. End of a promising career.

What had obviously happened is that the hyd operator stays with the original 'nearest' enemy even when it is no longer the nearest.
Has any one else fallen for this one?

...ask your wife. she may be planning another 'I raise my scope and BANG' procedure following your other thread.......be careful!

Jimbuna · 11-30-10, 04:59 PM

BE MORE AGGRESSIVE!!

Canovaro · 12-09-10, 01:51 PM

No I didn't know that.

Jack Cutter · 12-09-10, 02:05 PM

Wow, I didn't know that either...

What a cheap a$! trick by the 'phones man. No wonder I have issues all the time trying to slip away from the escorts after a convoy attack.

All in favor of tossing the curr overboard?!

Hanomag · 12-10-10, 12:37 PM

Sometimes it pays to man your own hydrophones....

11-30-10, 02:06 PM	#1
Telemon Helmsman Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 103 Downloads: 288 Uploads: 0	I didn't know that. Greetings, playing in a recent career and was attacking a convoy. There was a solitary DD 'twixt the convoy and me so I tasked my hydrophone operator to track it as it was the nearest enemy ship. Fair enough I keep getting reports on the DD, it's moving away so I concentrate on my attack. Then the report "enemy brg c045 degs moving away fast long range". I raise the 'scope and BANG!! A DD rolls over me! Attack 'scope, deck gun destroyed and major hull leaks. End of a promising career. What had obviously happened is that the hyd operator stays with the original 'nearest' enemy even when it is no longer the nearest. Has any one else fallen for this one?

11-30-10, 03:47 PM	#3
Missing Name Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Westun New Yahk Posts: 748 Downloads: 131 Uploads: 0	Yup. Except it was a cruiser I was tracking and a DD attacked me. __________________ Largest target sunk with deck gun: Japanese auxiliary cruiser, 15000 tons Largest engaged: HMS Nelson. Results inconclusive. Read Brag's stuff

11-30-10, 04:59 PM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	BE MORE AGGRESSIVE!! __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

12-09-10, 02:05 PM	#7
Jack Cutter Bosun Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 67 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	Wow, I didn't know that either... What a cheap a$! trick by the 'phones man. No wonder I have issues all the time trying to slip away from the escorts after a convoy attack. All in favor of tossing the curr overboard?! __________________ Commander of U-65

12-10-10, 12:37 PM	#8
Hanomag Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: LI NY Posts: 964 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Sometimes it pays to man your own hydrophones.... __________________ "Only if I can save first..."

11-30-10, 03:34 PM	#2
CherryHarbey Engineer Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Derby, UK Posts: 200 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	I'll be the first to answer with this.... yes, once. I doubt I'll be the last.

12-09-10, 01:51 PM	#6
Canovaro Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,062 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	No I didn't know that.