Believe a crew management problem.

Sub Sailor · 04-20-09, 07:47 AM

Well if I hit a mine there was no explosion. Why did my boat quit answering bells?
I have not been able to find any explnation in the forums-yet.

Ron Banks MMCM(SS), USN(Ret)

Jimbuna · 04-20-09, 07:54 AM

You don't say whether you were surfaced or submerged.

Chances are it was a mine or the oxygen levels were exhausted.

Sub Sailor · 04-20-09, 08:06 AM

I was on the surface patrolling, I had reached the area and had been there 24 hours. That completed the required objectives.
It was not a freeze up, no evidence of mines, planes, other vessels nor that I had run aground. It stopped and there were no engine sounds. I could go to various stations the annunciator worked but no response.
The message log read "Cannot comply".

Ron Banks MMCM(SS), USN(Ret)

Jimbuna · 04-20-09, 09:01 AM

With most of your men red/dead it has to be a mine.....you wouldn't normally notice them as they are tethered to hover below the surface of the water.

Have you tried to re run the patrol in the same area in an attempt to replicate the problem?

irish1958 · 04-20-09, 09:08 AM

It's a mine

04-20-09, 07:47 AM	#1
Sub Sailor Commander Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Orofino, Idaho Posts: 443 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	Thanks Well if I hit a mine there was no explosion. Why did my boat quit answering bells? I have not been able to find any explnation in the forums-yet. Ron Banks MMCM(SS), USN(Ret)

04-20-09, 07:54 AM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,572 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	You don't say whether you were surfaced or submerged. Chances are it was a mine or the oxygen levels were exhausted. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-20-09, 08:06 AM	#3
Sub Sailor Commander Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Orofino, Idaho Posts: 443 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	Surfaced I was on the surface patrolling, I had reached the area and had been there 24 hours. That completed the required objectives. It was not a freeze up, no evidence of mines, planes, other vessels nor that I had run aground. It stopped and there were no engine sounds. I could go to various stations the annunciator worked but no response. The message log read "Cannot comply". Ron Banks MMCM(SS), USN(Ret)

04-20-09, 09:01 AM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,572 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	With most of your men red/dead it has to be a mine.....you wouldn't normally notice them as they are tethered to hover below the surface of the water. Have you tried to re run the patrol in the same area in an attempt to replicate the problem? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-20-09, 09:08 AM	#5
irish1958 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 3,250 Downloads: 320 Uploads: 11	It's a mine __________________ Irish1958