Tactics vs Convoys

granite00 · 08-15-15, 03:22 PM

Thanks, I wasn't aware of that.

Crannogman · 08-15-15, 04:41 PM

I'm not sure that any US surface warships transited the San Bernardino between 1941 and the end of the war.

merc4ulfate · 08-15-15, 06:30 PM

How did I know it was ok to fire?

Situational awareness. Luck. Friendly fire has happened and will happen in every war that is fought. It is a regrettable outcome of trying to kill another human being.

Reason one. In this case the Philippines are being held by the Japanese. A huge task force is heading up a narrow straight within their control. Logic dictates the probability of this being an allied task force is very, very low.

Reason two. I got so close to a heavy cruiser that it opened fire on me and left me with 25% hull damage. Earlier I wrote, "A few hours later the weather cleared and they spotted me and put a few shells in me but I dove to periscope depth and continued the assault and sank the heavy cruiser."

I have hit my own ships before ... I might have even sank a US destroyer but I was looking through the scope and no one else so I think it was hit by a mobile Japanese mine. Must be some kind of new weapon.

TorpX · 08-16-15, 12:22 AM

If I'm in my designated patrol zone, and it's a bad neighborhood, I figure Allied merchantmen have no business being there ... almost lit up a Dutch merchant last patrol.

Yes, accidents can happen.

08-15-15, 03:22 PM	#1
granite00 Torpedoman Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 113 Downloads: 170 Uploads: 0	Thanks, I wasn't aware of that. __________________ granite00

08-15-15, 04:41 PM	#2
Crannogman Watch Officer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Kansas City, Missouri Posts: 343 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	I'm not sure that any US surface warships transited the San Bernardino between 1941 and the end of the war. __________________ "The sea shall ride over her and she shall live in it like a duck" ~John Ericsson

08-15-15, 06:30 PM	#3
merc4ulfate DILLIGAF Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: florida Posts: 2,058 Downloads: 210 Uploads: 0	How did I know it was ok to fire? Situational awareness. Luck. Friendly fire has happened and will happen in every war that is fought. It is a regrettable outcome of trying to kill another human being. Reason one. In this case the Philippines are being held by the Japanese. A huge task force is heading up a narrow straight within their control. Logic dictates the probability of this being an allied task force is very, very low. Reason two. I got so close to a heavy cruiser that it opened fire on me and left me with 25% hull damage. Earlier I wrote, "A few hours later the weather cleared and they spotted me and put a few shells in me but I dove to periscope depth and continued the assault and sank the heavy cruiser." I have hit my own ships before ... I might have even sank a US destroyer but I was looking through the scope and no one else so I think it was hit by a mobile Japanese mine. Must be some kind of new weapon. __________________ Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. ~Isaac Asimov~ Mercfulfate 将補日本帝國海軍

08-16-15, 12:22 AM	#4
TorpX Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 3,975 Downloads: 153 Uploads: 11	If I'm in my designated patrol zone, and it's a bad neighborhood, I figure Allied merchantmen have no business being there ... almost lit up a Dutch merchant last patrol. Yes, accidents can happen.

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