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TheDude107 · 03-10-13, 04:03 PM

^ I didnt use the hydrophones until reading some posts on this forum. It helps for finding lone ships, even during the daytime with calm seas and a good watch crew.

During storms I just cruise underwater into the wind(to get out of the storm) or cut the engines while submerged.

Your crew gets tired faster out on the surface during a storm and your more likely to bump into a destroyer at point blank range then succesfully engage a ship by sighting it first.

pickler · 03-11-13, 11:39 AM

oh i forgot i don't do more than 128x compression or 256 sometimes. Yes i have tried western approaches and just tried AM52 this weekend. I only saw a lot of destroyers and small vessels. However i ran into this small task force with escort carrier north of the scapaflow area. I managed to sink the carrier, so that was fun.

mookiemookie · 03-11-13, 12:02 PM

If you're feeling brave, head on into the Irish Sea or St. George's Channel. Hang out outside the Liverpool port. You'll see lots of DDs and ships.

pickler · 03-14-13, 08:46 PM

well i do use the hydrophone but i have never detected anything unless i was close to a ship i picked up with the radar. anyway i started my longest patrol ever by crossing the suez canal into the red sea. my whole journey i saw nothing but destroyers and escort carriers. i took a lot of damage from bottoming out once and hitting rocks and stuff. however entering gulf of oman i encountered a lot of unprotected tankers. it was happy times all over again. not like 1943 at all. i think ill transfer to penang now!

HW3 · 03-14-13, 10:58 PM

When you are using the hydrophones you need to turn up the volume on your speakers to hear better. You also can hear better if you stop your engines/electric motors.

03-11-13, 12:02 PM	#3
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03-10-13, 04:03 PM	#1
TheDude107 Seaman Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Periscope Depth Posts: 33 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	^ I didnt use the hydrophones until reading some posts on this forum. It helps for finding lone ships, even during the daytime with calm seas and a good watch crew. During storms I just cruise underwater into the wind(to get out of the storm) or cut the engines while submerged. Your crew gets tired faster out on the surface during a storm and your more likely to bump into a destroyer at point blank range then succesfully engage a ship by sighting it first.

03-11-13, 11:39 AM	#2
pickler Sailor man Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 47 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	oh i forgot i don't do more than 128x compression or 256 sometimes. Yes i have tried western approaches and just tried AM52 this weekend. I only saw a lot of destroyers and small vessels. However i ran into this small task force with escort carrier north of the scapaflow area. I managed to sink the carrier, so that was fun.

03-14-13, 08:46 PM	#4
pickler Sailor man Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 47 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	well i do use the hydrophone but i have never detected anything unless i was close to a ship i picked up with the radar. anyway i started my longest patrol ever by crossing the suez canal into the red sea. my whole journey i saw nothing but destroyers and escort carriers. i took a lot of damage from bottoming out once and hitting rocks and stuff. however entering gulf of oman i encountered a lot of unprotected tankers. it was happy times all over again. not like 1943 at all. i think ill transfer to penang now!