Wish me luck.

Admiral Halsey · 10-17-13, 08:57 PM

I have great timing apparently. I returned to Surabaya just in time for my next patrol to start at 00:01 hours on February 27th. Time to have some fun with the Java sea battle and as the title says wish me luck. I'll give an after action report when either the battle is over or i'm sunk. Oh and i'm using TMO+RSRD for those who are wondering.

fireftr18 · 10-17-13, 09:43 PM

Good luck Admiral. May your periscope be unspottable, your torpedoes on target and functioning properly. Now go do some good for the war effort.

Admiral Halsey · 10-17-13, 10:50 PM

Well I didn't have a chance to sink a ship as it was an utter rout and the IJN came out on top. It started off well when a few minutes after the fleets sighted each other one of the allied ships scored a direct hit on a IJN heavy cruiser. After that however it was all Japan and we ended up losing every single ship in the ABDA fleet. The Houston was the last one to sink and even though she was completely on fire by that point she still took out 3 destroyers and a Kuma Light Cruiser before a hit on her magazine blew her sky high. The moment I return to base I am going to try and get the entire crew the Medal of Honor as they all deserve it.

Armistead · 10-17-13, 11:55 PM

What, you missed the large invasion fleet of over 50 ships, now they've landed.......just great.

There is also a large force invading in the harbor right of the Merak label, sort of rear of Merak in the Sundra.. Real nice group

Dread Knot · 10-18-13, 08:36 AM

The Java Sea battle was probably always a forgone conclusion. Though the two forces were roughly equal in numbers, the Japanese had the advantage of aerial reconnaissance and their superior training in night tactics, while the Allied ships had not trained together and did not even share the same communications protocols not to mention the same language.

At least in this replay, the Houston took a few Japanese warships down with her.

Admiral Halsey · 10-18-13, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Dread Knot

The Java Sea battle was probably always a forgone conclusion. Though the two forces were roughly equal in numbers, the Japanese had the advantage of aerial reconnaissance and their superior training in night tactics, while the Allied ships had not trained together and did not even share the same communications protocols not to mention the same language.

At least in this replay, the Houston took a few Japanese warships down with her.

If she hadn't gotten that hit on her magazine she might have actually survived the fight.

10-17-13, 08:57 PM	#1
Admiral Halsey Best Admiral in the USN Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: USS Enterprise (CV-6) Posts: 1,740 Downloads: 317 Uploads: 0	Wish me luck. I have great timing apparently. I returned to Surabaya just in time for my next patrol to start at 00:01 hours on February 27th. Time to have some fun with the Java sea battle and as the title says wish me luck. I'll give an after action report when either the battle is over or i'm sunk. Oh and i'm using TMO+RSRD for those who are wondering. Last edited by Admiral Halsey; 10-17-13 at 09:34 PM.

10-17-13, 09:43 PM	#2
fireftr18 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky Posts: 2,528 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	Good luck Admiral. May your periscope be unspottable, your torpedoes on target and functioning properly. Now go do some good for the war effort. __________________ Of all the forms of Martial Arts, Karaoke causes the most pain!

10-17-13, 10:50 PM	#3
Admiral Halsey Best Admiral in the USN Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: USS Enterprise (CV-6) Posts: 1,740 Downloads: 317 Uploads: 0	Well I didn't have a chance to sink a ship as it was an utter rout and the IJN came out on top. It started off well when a few minutes after the fleets sighted each other one of the allied ships scored a direct hit on a IJN heavy cruiser. After that however it was all Japan and we ended up losing every single ship in the ABDA fleet. The Houston was the last one to sink and even though she was completely on fire by that point she still took out 3 destroyers and a Kuma Light Cruiser before a hit on her magazine blew her sky high. The moment I return to base I am going to try and get the entire crew the Medal of Honor as they all deserve it. Last edited by Admiral Halsey; 10-18-13 at 01:06 PM.

10-17-13, 11:55 PM	#4
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	What, you missed the large invasion fleet of over 50 ships, now they've landed.......just great. There is also a large force invading in the harbor right of the Merak label, sort of rear of Merak in the Sundra.. Real nice group __________________ You see my dog don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him. Now if you apologize like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

10-18-13, 08:36 AM	#5
Dread Knot Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,288 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	The Java Sea battle was probably always a forgone conclusion. Though the two forces were roughly equal in numbers, the Japanese had the advantage of aerial reconnaissance and their superior training in night tactics, while the Allied ships had not trained together and did not even share the same communications protocols not to mention the same language. At least in this replay, the Houston took a few Japanese warships down with her.