Never Saw This

[otto69]

Originally Posted by Fish40

Currently on patrol in '43 in the Marshall Isls. Patrolled close to Maloelap. Radar picked up contact, which turned out to be a fat freighter at anchor in the bay. Closed on the surface at night at slow speed, when all of a sudden I hear a grinding noise like I ran aground. My speed dropped to 0, but no damage. Turned out the whole bay was protected by sub/torpedo net. Forget about the sitting duck now. First time I came across this. RFB and RSRD. Gotta love it!

You can get around them by dropping to 200 ft. Then go slow and come up to peri. depth. The you can shoot torpedos at the freighters. I'ts fun.

Otto