First Impressions, And A Question

[kylania]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

But that begs the question: how would he know the ship's name? How would the captain know the ship's name to put into his log book? This seems a little unrealistic to me the more I think about it I think that's why I never added the ship's name to the message box.

As Steve said, early in the war they'd often stop and interview survivors or they'd intercept radio transmissions. In the latest book I read, Steel Hearts, Iron Boats, they knew the names of all the ships they sunk right away.