To sink the 1,314 ships in the Pacific in WW2, an amazing 14,748 torpedoes were fired

pdiddy · 01-22-15, 10:03 AM

Take heart all you 100% realism players! That's roughly one ship for every 11 torpedoes fired! I hate missing, but if you are sinking two ships per patrol you're about fleet average!

Of course, you're probably doing much worse early war with duds, so you'll have to step up your game late war!

Info found here: Ahoy - Mac's Web Log

TorpX · 01-23-15, 01:58 AM

I recently went through the statistics in the back of Roscoe's US Submarine Operations of WWII, and while I never totaled the torpedo and ship numbers, your figures tell the same story.

For instance, I divided the number of merchant ships sunk by the number of attacks made. The best monthly figure was 51%, and most were a good deal less than that. In fact in a lot of months the average was no more than 25%.

merc4ulfate · 01-23-15, 03:33 PM

It's a big ocean.

merc4ulfate · 01-23-15, 07:45 PM

ssjtoma · 02-01-15, 03:02 PM

like these documentaries.

Spraug · 02-03-15, 02:34 PM

Wow, they even "have" a Tang crew member!

01-22-15, 10:03 AM	#1
pdiddy Gunner Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 93 Downloads: 227 Uploads: 0	To sink the 1,314 ships in the Pacific in WW2, an amazing 14,748 torpedoes were fired Take heart all you 100% realism players! That's roughly one ship for every 11 torpedoes fired! I hate missing, but if you are sinking two ships per patrol you're about fleet average! Of course, you're probably doing much worse early war with duds, so you'll have to step up your game late war! Info found here: Ahoy - Mac's Web Log Last edited by pdiddy; 01-22-15 at 10:06 AM. Reason: an addition

01-23-15, 01:58 AM	#2
TorpX Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 3,975 Downloads: 153 Uploads: 11	I recently went through the statistics in the back of Roscoe's US Submarine Operations of WWII, and while I never totaled the torpedo and ship numbers, your figures tell the same story. For instance, I divided the number of merchant ships sunk by the number of attacks made. The best monthly figure was 51%, and most were a good deal less than that. In fact in a lot of months the average was no more than 25%.

01-23-15, 03:33 PM	#3
merc4ulfate DILLIGAF Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: florida Posts: 2,058 Downloads: 210 Uploads: 0	It's a big ocean. __________________ Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. ~Isaac Asimov~ Mercfulfate 将補日本帝國海軍

01-23-15, 07:45 PM	#4
merc4ulfate DILLIGAF Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: florida Posts: 2,058 Downloads: 210 Uploads: 0	__________________ Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. ~Isaac Asimov~ Mercfulfate 将補日本帝國海軍

02-01-15, 03:02 PM	#5
ssjtoma Watch Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Arizona Posts: 22 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	very niiice!!! like these documentaries.

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