When do you call general quarters?

Soviet Creeper · 01-21-12, 04:03 PM

I call general quaters when I spot a fishing boat. Problem?

Loudspeaker · 01-22-12, 04:32 PM

I am a cautios guy. I man battlestations, whenever I spot a destroyer not heading directly away from me. I was not there at the time, but I guess the real skippers did the same. And how would they explain to a court-martial that they did not man the battle stations, if something goes wrong?

donna52522 · 01-22-12, 05:12 PM

I sometimes call general quarters for no reason at all...."ahhh, a practice drill, hahaha"

If I can't sleep, why should anyone else...giggle

Sailor Steve · 01-22-12, 06:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by donna52522

I sometimes call general quarters for no reason at all...."ahhh, a practice drill, hahaha"

If I can't sleep, why should anyone else...giggle

"Now General quarters! General quarters! All hands man your battlestations! This is a drill! This is a drill!"

Heard it many times. Only heard "This is not a drill!" once.

You're not only welcome to hold practice drills, you're supposed to.

TorpX · 01-23-12, 10:50 PM

I used to have a lot of diving drills. I would have my stopwatch in hand recording how long it took to reach periscope depth, or 200'. This was not entirely frivolous, by the way, as I had an mod issue that made it impossible to execute a normal dive in less than 5 minutes.

Captain Vlad · 01-24-12, 12:24 AM

I sound it anytime I'm heading into a combat situation, anytime I suspect I may be about to be in a combat situation, anytime I'm thinking about a combat situation, and anytime it would amuse me to do so.

Admittedly, in the last two cases, I usually secure from battle stations almost immediately. Not exaggerating on the 'may be about to...' I often send the crew the general quarters when crossing through the Sunda Strait, for example.

My signature is an actual quote from my significant other.

01-21-12, 04:03 PM	#1
Soviet Creeper Planesman Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: In the corner of shame Posts: 187 Downloads: 143 Uploads: 0	I call general quaters when I spot a fishing boat. Problem? __________________ I used to be a huge submarine guy but now I'm a huge submarine girl ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

01-22-12, 05:12 PM	#3
donna52522 Lady Mariner Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 544 Downloads: 225 Uploads: 0	I sometimes call general quarters for no reason at all...."ahhh, a practice drill, hahaha" If I can't sleep, why should anyone else...giggle __________________

01-24-12, 12:24 AM	#6
Captain Vlad Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pollard, Oklahoma Posts: 679 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I sound it anytime I'm heading into a combat situation, anytime I suspect I may be about to be in a combat situation, anytime I'm thinking about a combat situation, and anytime it would amuse me to do so. Admittedly, in the last two cases, I usually secure from battle stations almost immediately. Not exaggerating on the 'may be about to...' I often send the crew the general quarters when crossing through the Sunda Strait, for example. My signature is an actual quote from my significant other. __________________ "Stop sounding battlestations just to hear the alarm."

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01-22-12, 04:32 PM	#2
Loudspeaker Bosun Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 69 Downloads: 56 Uploads: 0	I am a cautios guy. I man battlestations, whenever I spot a destroyer not heading directly away from me. I was not there at the time, but I guess the real skippers did the same. And how would they explain to a court-martial that they did not man the battle stations, if something goes wrong?

01-23-12, 10:50 PM	#5
TorpX Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 3,975 Downloads: 153 Uploads: 11	I used to have a lot of diving drills. I would have my stopwatch in hand recording how long it took to reach periscope depth, or 200'. This was not entirely frivolous, by the way, as I had an mod issue that made it impossible to execute a normal dive in less than 5 minutes.