Does Sinking a Ship need visual comfirmation?

badger_ken · 05-15-12, 02:45 PM

a 6-months-later reply - just wanted to say that I just had the exact same situation, right down to it's being a Kongo-class battleship west of Luzon! Like you, I hit it (in my case 3 out of 4 hit), it crippled it, I hung around in the area, after 15 minutes I periscoped-up and saw it nearly motionless and heavily listing, I had to quickly submerge again as there were still a swarm of DDs around it, after about 15 minutes more I saw the little red "ship sunk" icon show up on screen, I could even hear it's death throes on my sonar - but like you I got no credit.

oh well.

WernherVonTrapp · 05-15-12, 03:06 PM

If you get the "She's going down" message, you should get credit for the sinking. If you're submerged, just make sure the target isn't at 180° and you're not too far away to detect it.

badger_ken · 05-15-12, 03:31 PM

interesting, thanks Werner - I did _not_ get the "she's going down" message, I just saw the little red icon go on , and I could hear it on the hydrophones. I'd would guess I was roughly 2 NM away. I don't think I was at 180 to it. I _was_ submerged.

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05-15-12, 02:45 PM	#1
badger_ken Watch Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 28 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	a 6-months-later reply - just wanted to say that I just had the exact same situation, right down to it's being a Kongo-class battleship west of Luzon! Like you, I hit it (in my case 3 out of 4 hit), it crippled it, I hung around in the area, after 15 minutes I periscoped-up and saw it nearly motionless and heavily listing, I had to quickly submerge again as there were still a swarm of DDs around it, after about 15 minutes more I saw the little red "ship sunk" icon show up on screen, I could even hear it's death throes on my sonar - but like you I got no credit. oh well.

05-15-12, 03:31 PM	#3
badger_ken Watch Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 28 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	interesting, thanks Werner - I did _not_ get the "she's going down" message, I just saw the little red icon go on , and I could hear it on the hydrophones. I'd would guess I was roughly 2 NM away. I don't think I was at 180 to it. I _was_ submerged.