A bit of a problem

seafarer · 11-05-07, 08:02 AM

Last night, I took on a task force between Indonesia and Celebes in 1941 in water of similar depth, but I made sure to approach and attack from the flanks, not the front/inside :p Nailed two fleet carriers, and then snuck off at 130ft depth and 1-2 knots. A couple of DDs charged around and dropped some ash cans near me, but zero damage, and they quickly gave up and resumed course with the rest of the task force.

I'd suggest trying to creep away. Stay as deep as possible, silent running, and speed absolutely no more then 2 knots. All those ships above you are going to make it hard for the escort's sensors to pick you up, as well as constricting their way to search for you.

It's also been my experience that the escorts will usually not hang around looking for you too long if they don't make quick contact. They tend to not let the task force get too far ahead of them before they rejoin it.

Just sitting on the bottom seems usually a recipe for death, in my experience. You are certainly not hidden from active sonar there, so if they ping you, you are toast. Move, slowly, but move, and glue your ears to that hydrophone.

P.S. this was in the USS Saury, my new career's first command, originally out of Manila, but we can't go home there now

MorganThePirate · 11-05-07, 10:20 AM

Try for the deep water. Rig for silent running and set your speed at 1 knot. Try to zig zag and good luck. You'll live for another good fishing year.

Peto · 11-05-07, 10:30 AM

Deep water would be nice but if there's no way you can get there, try this (it's worked for me a couple times). Wait til they make a run and aren't pinging you. go to all stop and gently lay it on the bottom. You may have to survive another run but I've had them lose me and they stopped their engines and lay to listening. So--if they do that--stay where you are or they'll pick you up again.

None-the-less, You need a more than a rabbit's foot of luck...:hmm:

11-05-07, 08:02 AM	#1
seafarer Commodore Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 622 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Last night, I took on a task force between Indonesia and Celebes in 1941 in water of similar depth, but I made sure to approach and attack from the flanks, not the front/inside :p Nailed two fleet carriers, and then snuck off at 130ft depth and 1-2 knots. A couple of DDs charged around and dropped some ash cans near me, but zero damage, and they quickly gave up and resumed course with the rest of the task force. I'd suggest trying to creep away. Stay as deep as possible, silent running, and speed absolutely no more then 2 knots. All those ships above you are going to make it hard for the escort's sensors to pick you up, as well as constricting their way to search for you. It's also been my experience that the escorts will usually not hang around looking for you too long if they don't make quick contact. They tend to not let the task force get too far ahead of them before they rejoin it. Just sitting on the bottom seems usually a recipe for death, in my experience. You are certainly not hidden from active sonar there, so if they ping you, you are toast. Move, slowly, but move, and glue your ears to that hydrophone. P.S. this was in the USS Saury, my new career's first command, originally out of Manila, but we can't go home there now __________________ My Father's ship, HMCS Waskesiu (K330), sank U257 on 02/24/1944 running SHIII-1.4 with GWX2.1 and SHIV-1.5 with TMO/RSRDC/PE3.3 under MS Vista Home Premium 32-bit SP1 ACER AMD Athlon 64x2 4800+, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 400GB SATA HD Antec TruePower Trio 650watt PSU BFG GeForce 8800GT/OC 512MB VRAM, Samsung 216BW widescreen (1680x1050) LCD

11-05-07, 10:20 AM	#2
MorganThePirate Mate Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: On battle stations in sunny AZ Posts: 54 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	Gooooodddd Luckkkk..... Try for the deep water. Rig for silent running and set your speed at 1 knot. Try to zig zag and good luck. You'll live for another good fishing year.

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11-05-07, 10:30 AM	#3
Peto Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The details of my life are quite inconsequential Posts: 1,049 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Deep water would be nice but if there's no way you can get there, try this (it's worked for me a couple times). Wait til they make a run and aren't pinging you. go to all stop and gently lay it on the bottom. You may have to survive another run but I've had them lose me and they stopped their engines and lay to listening. So--if they do that--stay where you are or they'll pick you up again. None-the-less, You need a more than a rabbit's foot of luck...:hmm: