Missing Atmosphere

John Channing · 07-11-10, 12:50 PM

Occasionally you get lucky.

I remember I was on my way to my AO one time when sonar called out a number of high speed contacts about 10Kyds out. As luck would have it I was in perfect position for an attack. Plotted out their course, submerged, got into perfect firing position, had their range, speed and course dialed in perfectly, all tubes ready.

One last shooting observation, so up scope and turn to bearing.

And there they were.. the Stars and Stripes on every ship. Seems I had been stalking a Carrier Battle Group for the last half hour. They were clearly on their way somewhere important and I had just happened to stumble on them.

That was atmosphere. It just doesn't happen very often.

JCC

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07-11-10, 12:50 PM	#1
John Channing Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 1998 Posts: 1,846 Downloads: 163 Uploads: 5	Occasionally you get lucky. I remember I was on my way to my AO one time when sonar called out a number of high speed contacts about 10Kyds out. As luck would have it I was in perfect position for an attack. Plotted out their course, submerged, got into perfect firing position, had their range, speed and course dialed in perfectly, all tubes ready. One last shooting observation, so up scope and turn to bearing. And there they were.. the Stars and Stripes on every ship. Seems I had been stalking a Carrier Battle Group for the last half hour. They were clearly on their way somewhere important and I had just happened to stumble on them. That was atmosphere. It just doesn't happen very often. JCC