Argh... 2+ weeks of heavy seas, fog & rain...

[Piggy]

Originally Posted by sunvalleyslim

Piggy,
If you're in that kind of weather, be careful of a collision with another ship. Slow down and dive periodically to check for ships in the area. I have lost boats a number of times in fog and heavy seas. They were on top of us before the lookouts could find them........................Good Hunting

Yeah I do this often, in fact when the weather is this bad I usually stay submerged for as long as possible to conserve fuel, or I just stop and wait it out.

But what you mentioned reminded me of a patrol I had a while back. I was cruising along at fairly high TC when the lookout said ship spotted. I popped up to the conning tower, didnt see anything right away due to the storm but I heard something.... Looked to my right, just passing by, maybe 200 yards off was a destroyer. I guess I was too close for his guns or he didnt see me at the time because no shots were fired.... yikes, scared the hell out me. Dive! Managed to get away but still, that was close. (come to think of it, I should have stayed surfaced and gone to flank, I could have lost him in the fog before he made his turn... next time.)

[Kapt Z]

[quote=Piggy]

Originally Posted by sunvalleyslim

But what you mentioned reminded me of a patrol I had a while back. I was cruising along at fairly high TC when the lookout said ship spotted. I popped up to the conning tower, didnt see anything right away due to the storm but I heard something.... Looked to my right, just passing by, maybe 200 yards off was a destroyer. I guess I was too close for his guns or he didnt see me at the time because no shots were fired.... yikes, scared the hell out me. Dive! Managed to get away but still, that was close. (come to think of it, I should have stayed surfaced and gone to flank, I could have lost him in the fog before he made his turn... next time.)

The exact same thing happened on my last patrol! I was in a IID, winter '41 off the Irish coast. Woke me up fast.