Fellow Kaleuns...Need OP Drumbeat advice

Bustoff · 04-18-06, 01:44 PM

To: BdU
From: U-505
January 29, 1942

American T2 Tanker sunk at CA54 off Cape May Point. Tanker was about to enter Delaware Bay when torpedoed. Tanker was alone and unescorted. Hydrophone check detects no other ships in the vicinity. Tanker may have been empty since no secondary explosions after torpedo strikes. Tanker took FIVE torpedoes before sinking!

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I thought you would all enjoy that little patrol report. Anyway I am using the Grey Wolves Mod (TOTALLY AWESOME, BTW) and I decided to start my life just after America enters the war. So natrually the BdU sends me to the coastal waters of the eastern USA.

However, is it a little weird that I haven't run across any patrolling escorts yet? I am in CA54 and I would assume that patrol activity would be heavy at the mouths of the Delaware and Chesapeake bays. I have only heard that tanker I was talking about on the hydrophone in days.

Also should I be worried about mines? Have the Americans laid them yet? If so where? I know I could cheat and look at the campaign files but asking here is a more realistic "gathering intel from fellow Kaleuns at the nightclub" way to do it.

Finally what can you all tell me about Operation Drumbeat. I know it was the start of the uboat campaign in American waters but thats about it. Is my mission simply to harass American costal shipping or raid harbors or what?

BTW, my ears are glued to the hydrophone. The water is VERY shallow here!

THANKS!

04-18-06, 01:44 PM	#1
Bustoff Watch Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 16 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	Fellow Kaleuns...Need OP Drumbeat advice To: BdU From: U-505 January 29, 1942 American T2 Tanker sunk at CA54 off Cape May Point. Tanker was about to enter Delaware Bay when torpedoed. Tanker was alone and unescorted. Hydrophone check detects no other ships in the vicinity. Tanker may have been empty since no secondary explosions after torpedo strikes. Tanker took FIVE torpedoes before sinking! END TRANSMISSION I thought you would all enjoy that little patrol report. Anyway I am using the Grey Wolves Mod (TOTALLY AWESOME, BTW) and I decided to start my life just after America enters the war. So natrually the BdU sends me to the coastal waters of the eastern USA. However, is it a little weird that I haven't run across any patrolling escorts yet? I am in CA54 and I would assume that patrol activity would be heavy at the mouths of the Delaware and Chesapeake bays. I have only heard that tanker I was talking about on the hydrophone in days. Also should I be worried about mines? Have the Americans laid them yet? If so where? I know I could cheat and look at the campaign files but asking here is a more realistic "gathering intel from fellow Kaleuns at the nightclub" way to do it. Finally what can you all tell me about Operation Drumbeat. I know it was the start of the uboat campaign in American waters but thats about it. Is my mission simply to harass American costal shipping or raid harbors or what? BTW, my ears are glued to the hydrophone. The water is VERY shallow here! THANKS!