Is it normal not to see ONE destroyer after two patrols?

[Rockin Robbins]

Originally Posted by tater

Wonder if there is a CV group at anchor in the lagoon. tater

That's what it looks like and I think I've noted the position of the CV, even though I'm not close enough to see it on radar. My patrol area is south of Truk and going after the carrier is going to take me out of the 75 nm radius and make me restart the clock, but as this is my 12th cruise, I'm not going to risk retirement by returning to base empty-handed. And with all the minelayers running around I'll have something to exercise my cuties on!

Shots so far:

Smoke on the horizon, just left of the crosshair. Looks better in the game, even with this enhanced picture. Something about the screenshot process isn't quite right. Time to set up a nice orderly approach and should be a piece of cake!

Tagged the first one with a single shot. Missed two because I forgot to turn the PK off when they did the St Vitus' Dance and I had to chase at ahead emergency at periscope depth for over 15 minutes. Tagged him with a single shot here and this is after the coup de grace in the stern after he stopped. Love the oil slick!!!!

Lotsa planes here from the probable CV. Here's a flight passing by as seen through the observation scope with the sub at radar depth. I like to see what's happening and stay near the surface. I feel like I'm in better control of the situation.

Here you go! He's straight overhead and didn't drop. I'm at periscope depth here using the observation scope which lets you look straight up. He didn't see a thing and I'm happy with the realism there. Water was rough enough I wasn't very visible, unlike when I was making the approach to my second victim, when I was attacked three times by planes while at periscope depth.

If you don't think the merchies zig and zag with tater's stuff in TM 1.64, just look at this mess! Two ships for 12 torpedoes, five hits. Fired a cutie out the stern by mistake. Note to self: that was a BAD IDEA. Spent five real tense minutes dodging that one. I feel like I'm finally seeing the frustration of a real sub skipper.

Thought I had screenies of the Truk area, which is just west of these two ship sinkings by maybe 5 miles. Needless to say, the planes know I'm here, although they haven't seen me since maybe they saw me when they bombed me at periscope depth. It's possible they were just blindly dropping too. But two ships down counts as a sub sighting I guess.

I'm skirting the lagoon to the east and then the south to work my way around to where I think the CV is holed up. More to come as I either get killed or bag myself a nice flattop.