Unescorted convoy in 1945??

Bubblehead1980 · 11-30-10, 08:44 PM

Was fun but def not going call it easy because they could lay down some fire with all the deck guns if needed.I had to back away at emergency speed after the torpedos hit the first tanker, the ships put me in their spotlight and opened up, several rounds came close to hitting me.Their speed and zig patterns made attacks difficult also.

Reminded of the USS Wahoo's attack in January 1943 when they caught a convoy off New Guinea unescorted, sank the entire convoy in 24 hour running battle.43 can be explaind though, just found it really odd to catch a convoy unescorted in 45, so wondering if it was an error/oversight by lurker or if convoy really was unescorted due to the short distance and shallow waters they traveled.Plus in RL prob had air cover if not surface escorts.

11-30-10, 08:44 PM	#3
Bubblehead1980 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Florida USA Posts: 7,103 Downloads: 605 Uploads: 44	Was fun but def not going call it easy because they could lay down some fire with all the deck guns if needed.I had to back away at emergency speed after the torpedos hit the first tanker, the ships put me in their spotlight and opened up, several rounds came close to hitting me.Their speed and zig patterns made attacks difficult also. Reminded of the USS Wahoo's attack in January 1943 when they caught a convoy off New Guinea unescorted, sank the entire convoy in 24 hour running battle.43 can be explaind though, just found it really odd to catch a convoy unescorted in 45, so wondering if it was an error/oversight by lurker or if convoy really was unescorted due to the short distance and shallow waters they traveled.Plus in RL prob had air cover if not surface escorts.