I've Not Seen This Before

banjo · 09-01-08, 01:31 PM

I intercepted a Jap convoy in late 1943 near Truck. After sinking a couple of the merchies I took a look around with the external camera. There was a small merchant that had two turrets on it, one about a third back from the bow and another on the stern. These were not the open guns usually seen on a merchant--they were turrets such as on a warship. As I watched, she pumped star shell after star shell into the air. Also, she was completely light gray in color. At first I thought it was a video card anomally, but that was not the case. All the other ships were marked normally. I wondered if she was some kind of Q ship. After the action was over I layed doggo for a while nearby. After the escorts departed I went to periscope depth for a look around. There off my stern 800 yards away was the Q ship. I fired one torpedo at her. That's when the next odd thing occured--when the torpedo hit the ship she vaporized, no debris, no nothing. One second she was there, then boom, she was totally gone. Wierd.

09-01-08, 01:31 PM	#1
banjo Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 762 Downloads: 55 Uploads: 0	I've Not Seen This Before I intercepted a Jap convoy in late 1943 near Truck. After sinking a couple of the merchies I took a look around with the external camera. There was a small merchant that had two turrets on it, one about a third back from the bow and another on the stern. These were not the open guns usually seen on a merchant--they were turrets such as on a warship. As I watched, she pumped star shell after star shell into the air. Also, she was completely light gray in color. At first I thought it was a video card anomally, but that was not the case. All the other ships were marked normally. I wondered if she was some kind of Q ship. After the action was over I layed doggo for a while nearby. After the escorts departed I went to periscope depth for a look around. There off my stern 800 yards away was the Q ship. I fired one torpedo at her. That's when the next odd thing occured--when the torpedo hit the ship she vaporized, no debris, no nothing. One second she was there, then boom, she was totally gone. Wierd.