A patrol to retire with

VonGlaus · 11-11-09, 02:59 AM

Might as well retire, there's no way to top this. Found myself off the coast of the Philippines on October 20, 1944. Went and read some history when I almost got mowed over by a 'friendly' carrier task force. When I realized what was going on, I moved south to the Suringao strait. I hung out a bit south of where the PT boats originally attacked.

Sure enough, right on schedule, the Japanese southern force cam barreling through. Using my best RR-inspired O'Kane attack, I fired all 6 forward tubes at a passing Fuso. My guesstimate was he was doing 25 knots. I hit with 5, one a dud, the other four took him out. I tried maneuvering for stern tubes, but had 4 destroyers overhead right away. I figured my part of the battle was over, and limped away. They finally gave up.

At dawn I surfaced for some air, and discovered that 2 destroyers were sitting still in the water, with a couple more radar returns behind them. Dove and snuck below the destroyers, came back up.

Holy cow, it's the other Fuso! sitting dead still, broadside, smoking heavily. 4 torps put him down, and I'm getting cocky. More smoke on the horizon proved to be the Mogami. It took 3 or 4 more, but then I got a surprise. The destroyers weren't hurt, they had all apparently been sleeping. They woke up and came after me. I dodged north and found 2 Takao heavy cruisers leaning on their sides. My last 5 torps took them down, but now I had 2 destroyers with nothing to lose over me.

Another sneak, and one by one they disappeared! Cheated with the external cam and saw a glorious PBY flying away after bombing my attackers. Gonna have to buy those guys a beer when I get back.

And that's all that's left. Gotta make the trip home. Pic when my hosting company finishes their downtime.

TMO 1.7 and RSRD

11-11-09, 02:59 AM	#1
VonGlaus Gunner Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 92 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	A patrol to retire with Might as well retire, there's no way to top this. Found myself off the coast of the Philippines on October 20, 1944. Went and read some history when I almost got mowed over by a 'friendly' carrier task force. When I realized what was going on, I moved south to the Suringao strait. I hung out a bit south of where the PT boats originally attacked. Sure enough, right on schedule, the Japanese southern force cam barreling through. Using my best RR-inspired O'Kane attack, I fired all 6 forward tubes at a passing Fuso. My guesstimate was he was doing 25 knots. I hit with 5, one a dud, the other four took him out. I tried maneuvering for stern tubes, but had 4 destroyers overhead right away. I figured my part of the battle was over, and limped away. They finally gave up. At dawn I surfaced for some air, and discovered that 2 destroyers were sitting still in the water, with a couple more radar returns behind them. Dove and snuck below the destroyers, came back up. Holy cow, it's the other Fuso! sitting dead still, broadside, smoking heavily. 4 torps put him down, and I'm getting cocky. More smoke on the horizon proved to be the Mogami. It took 3 or 4 more, but then I got a surprise. The destroyers weren't hurt, they had all apparently been sleeping. They woke up and came after me. I dodged north and found 2 Takao heavy cruisers leaning on their sides. My last 5 torps took them down, but now I had 2 destroyers with nothing to lose over me. Another sneak, and one by one they disappeared! Cheated with the external cam and saw a glorious PBY flying away after bombing my attackers. Gonna have to buy those guys a beer when I get back. And that's all that's left. Gotta make the trip home. Pic when my hosting company finishes their downtime. TMO 1.7 and RSRD