First Sinking

Zeus_Faber · 02-07-15, 09:20 PM

After eleven days on patrol, LCDR Jonah Friday of S-36 has bagged his first freighter. At first, Friday submerged to set up a torpedo attack; then, realizing that the freighter was unescorted and it was the middle of the night, he surfaced and engaged with the 4"/50 cal. gun. Scratch one Japanese freighter, 3200 tons. Better than nothing, right?

Ron

Leighthekiwi · 02-07-15, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Zeus_Faber

After eleven days on patrol, LCDR Jonah Friday of S-36 has bagged his first freighter................ 3200 tons. Better than nothing, right?

Ron

Absolutely :-) Congratulations.

pdiddy · 02-07-15, 09:49 PM

Congrats! You're done for now. It's addicting!

merc4ulfate · 02-07-15, 09:55 PM

Excellent choice to save the fish.

Admiral Halsey · 02-07-15, 09:58 PM

Congrats on your first kill mate! Don't worry about the small tonnage as most of the ones you'll run into are 6000 and under. Hope you aimed for the waterline and didn't use to much ammo taking her down though. I try to have the shell splash in the water just before it hits the ship so the hole is fully underwater.

TorpX · 02-08-15, 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Zeus_Faber

Scratch one Japanese freighter, 3200 tons. Better than nothing, right?

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Don't worry about the small tonnage as most of the ones you'll run into are 6000 and under.

Say what?!

Since when is 3200 tons small?

Admiral Halsey · 02-08-15, 03:08 AM

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Originally Posted by TorpX

Say what?!

Since when is 3200 tons small?

Compared to most of the other ships you can sink it is.

Spraug · 02-08-15, 04:48 AM

True, in SH 4 the ships are rather large. TorpX' point was, I guess, that in the war, most of the ships were actually this size range (2'000-3'000t).

So, congrats, job well done! Some boats sunk less than that in their whole operational life time. And good choice about using the gun. Another inaccuracy of SH 4 (it's a game, so what the heck) is that in reality torpedoes were scarce at the beginning of the war, so you would have gotten praise for your choice of a surface attack conserving fish.

Zeus_Faber · 02-08-15, 02:15 PM

The part I didn't advertise is that I went through a LOT of shells. I fired off a few rounds with only a couple of hits; then I retired to the bridge to let the gun crew handle it. They fired for some time before it occurred to me to tell 'em to aim for the hull. When I did, they fired round after round into her upper works.

When I got a bit closer to the target, I told them to aim for waterline, and the target was sunk in short order. It didn't help that I was zig-zagging to avoid return fire. There is definitely a learning curve to this sim!

Ron

Crannogman · 02-08-15, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Zeus_Faber

The part I didn't advertise is that I went through a LOT of shells. I fired off a few rounds with only a couple of hits; then I retired to the bridge to let the gun crew handle it. They fired for some time before it occurred to me to tell 'em to aim for the hull. When I did, they fired round after round into her upper works.

When I got a bit closer to the target, I told them to aim for waterline, and the target was sunk in short order. It didn't help that I was zig-zagging to avoid return fire. There is definitely a learning curve to this sim!

Ron

Oftentimes you can be a lot more accurate than the gunners

02-07-15, 09:20 PM	#1
Zeus_Faber Swabbie Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 11 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	First Sinking After eleven days on patrol, LCDR Jonah Friday of S-36 has bagged his first freighter. At first, Friday submerged to set up a torpedo attack; then, realizing that the freighter was unescorted and it was the middle of the night, he surfaced and engaged with the 4"/50 cal. gun. Scratch one Japanese freighter, 3200 tons. Better than nothing, right? Ron

02-07-15, 09:55 PM	#4
merc4ulfate DILLIGAF Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: florida Posts: 2,058 Downloads: 210 Uploads: 0	Excellent choice to save the fish. __________________ Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. ~Isaac Asimov~ Mercfulfate 将補日本帝國海軍

02-08-15, 04:48 AM	#8
Spraug Helmsman Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 105 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	True, in SH 4 the ships are rather large. TorpX' point was, I guess, that in the war, most of the ships were actually this size range (2'000-3'000t). So, congrats, job well done! Some boats sunk less than that in their whole operational life time. And good choice about using the gun. Another inaccuracy of SH 4 (it's a game, so what the heck) is that in reality torpedoes were scarce at the beginning of the war, so you would have gotten praise for your choice of a surface attack conserving fish. __________________ Playing: Windows 10 - Steam - Silent Hunter 4 v1.5 1_TriggerMaru_Overhaul_2-5 1_TMO_25_small_patch RSRDC_TMO_V502 RSRDC_V5xx_Patch1 SCAF for RSRDC v502_2.0 IJN_Radar_Fix_2

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pdiddy Gunner Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 93 Downloads: 227 Uploads: 0	Congrats! You're done for now. It's addicting!

02-07-15, 09:58 PM	#5
Admiral Halsey Best Admiral in the USN Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: USS Enterprise (CV-6) Posts: 1,740 Downloads: 317 Uploads: 0	Congrats on your first kill mate! Don't worry about the small tonnage as most of the ones you'll run into are 6000 and under. Hope you aimed for the waterline and didn't use to much ammo taking her down though. I try to have the shell splash in the water just before it hits the ship so the hole is fully underwater.

02-08-15, 02:15 PM	#9
Zeus_Faber Swabbie Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 11 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The part I didn't advertise is that I went through a LOT of shells. I fired off a few rounds with only a couple of hits; then I retired to the bridge to let the gun crew handle it. They fired for some time before it occurred to me to tell 'em to aim for the hull. When I did, they fired round after round into her upper works. When I got a bit closer to the target, I told them to aim for waterline, and the target was sunk in short order. It didn't help that I was zig-zagging to avoid return fire. There is definitely a learning curve to this sim! Ron