Kill Bragging

[_Seth_]

Originally Posted by bookworm_020

Do I dare ask what is a Reuben James???? I know about the ship, but who, or what is Reuben James

In March 1941, Reuben James joined the convoy escort force established to promote the safe arrival of war material to Britain. This escort force guarded convoys as far as Iceland, where they became responsibility of British escorts. Based at Hvalfjordur, Iceland, it sailed from Argentia, Newfoundland, 23 October 1941, with four other destroyers to escort eastbound convoy HX-156. While escorting that convoy at about 0525, 31 October 1941, Reuben James was torpedoed by German submarine U-562. [sic--should be U-552] The ship had postured itself between an ammunition ship in the convoy and the known position of a German U-Boat Wolfpack. Its magazine exploded, and the ship sank quickly. Of the crew, 44 survived, and 100 died. Reuben James was the first U.S. Navy ship sunk by hostile action in World War II.

Taking one for the team...

[SubConscious]

My two most memorable kills were pretty simple. I managed to sink a T3 Tanker in Vanilla SH3 with about 10 rounds from my 88mm deck gun. That was pretty amazing (at least to me). The other was a convoy attack: There was a T3 tanker running abreast of a T2 tanker in the middle of the convoy. I couldn't get between them, so I took a position off the bow. I launched on the further T2 just in the nick of time - they were moving pretty quick. As it turned out, both torpedoes impacted a the same time, at almost exactly the same position on each ship: Just forward of the engine room. I was watching with my external camera, wishing shortly thereafter that I had recorded the event. The T3 blew up and went down pretty quickly. The T2 required a second shot, so it wasn't as glamorous as it could have been.

[Melonfish]

heh, i did once actually aim for the V&W destroyer sat in the back of column 4 once it was early 1940 so i find a convoy in the english channel (stock game) and figure to take out the one major threat to me then pick off the fat targets (the two armed trawlers aren't THAT dangerous and easy to kill)
so i set a warhead for magnetic and fast speed and fire her off sticking it 2m under the destroyers keel. the torpedo passes clean under the destroyer and strikes the small tanker in the rear of column 3 abaft the bow mast not really making it list much either. for my troubles i got sunk by the destroyer who upon seeing my torpedo's wake made a beeline for me and dropped a DAMMED accurate pattern of depth charges, two of which annihilated my bow compartment dooming me to a watery grave.
'bugger' is all i said.
pete

[HunterICX]

I destroyed the Royal Navy all myself...no big deal...as long there is enough eels