Patrol Story (long..but PICS!)

Rockin Robbins · 10-09-09, 02:12 PM

You know, Digital, I HATE screenshot contests. But it would be a total crime not to take some of your screenshots over to Ubi and clean up over there. Just about any one is a slam dunk winner, so don't enter them all at once. You'd just turn winners into losers. Yikes, those are great composition!

dazkaz · 10-12-09, 03:40 PM

Was a great read, and the pictures where awsome.

Thank you

Sailor Steve · 10-12-09, 04:14 PM

Great story, great shots. I especially loved the first shot, of the sun through the porthole. Funny thing though - I had to look twice at the one of the ship sitting on the bottom. At first glance I thought it was steaming through a swamp!

Akula4745 · 10-12-09, 04:41 PM

Thanks for sharing, DigitalAura... good hunting and happy luck!

DigitalAura · 10-13-09, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

You know, Digital, I HATE screenshot contests. But it would be a total crime not to take some of your screenshots over to Ubi and clean up over there. Just about any one is a slam dunk winner, so don't enter them all at once. You'd just turn winners into losers. Yikes, those are great composition!

Hmm...cool. I wasn't even aware of that!

Bartolomeus · 10-13-09, 11:49 AM

Yeah, awesome! Nice report with great pics.

DigitalAura · 10-14-09, 06:37 PM

thank you! I just finished reading both the AMERICAN account of submarine warfare (Silent Running, Calvert) and the GERMAN account (Iron Coffins, Werner) and I was feeling inspired! LOL

G2B · 10-15-09, 12:15 AM

Sir that is some Brilliant Writing and Photography

I'm goin' down · 10-15-09, 01:47 AM

Looks like you sunk and entire navy!

My mission was just like yours! It was another snowy day in the South Pacific with the thermometer reaching 97 degrees. I spotted a single dd in broad daylight. My crew refused to move because they had been at battle stations for too long engaging an unarmed junk. Actually, the entire crew had fallen fast asleep. I sounded General Quarters because no one would sound it for me. Only one person moved, my second in command, and even though he was semi-conscious he managed to lift his right hand and flip me the bird. The dd closed at flank speed. I climbed to the deck, ran for the gun and reached for its handle. I missed--falling face first, sprawling on the deck, and twisting an ankle. Unfortunately, I had left my eyeglasses below and suffer from total night blindness. I reached up for the gun but took hold of the barrel by mistake. Still holding the barrel, I swung the gun aimlessly, trying to get a fix on the target.

The dd fired, but since I am near sighted, I do not know its distance. The shot hit amidships. My clothes were blown off, plus I was blown overboard into crab and shark filled waters. I curled up into a ball so my limbs would not be eaten or pinched (yeow!) by the denizens of the deep. I faintly recognized the muffled and gurgling sound of snoring ("zzzz") as she went down. All hands died in their sleep. I used my cell phone to remotely launch the torpedoes before my boat sank. It did not ring as I forget to charge the battery.

As the dd sped off I heard her captain say, "Pass me another Kirin and some more Sushi, please. Let's go find that Digital Aura San. Maybe that Yankee Dog can offer us better competion, eh?"

Zero Niner · 10-15-09, 05:08 AM

Nice story. More please!

DigitalAura · 10-15-09, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by I'm goin' down

Looks like you sunk and entire navy!

My mission was just like yours! It was another snowy day in the South Pacific with the thermometer reaching 97 degrees. I spotted a single dd in broad daylight. My crew refused to move because they had been at battle stations for too long engaging an unarmed junk. Actually, the entire crew had fallen fast asleep. I sounded General Quarters because no one would sound it for me. Only one person moved, my second in command, and even though he was semi-conscious he managed to lift his right hand and flip me the bird. The dd closed at flank speed. I climbed to the deck, ran for the gun and reached for its handle. I missed--falling face first, sprawling on the deck, and twisting an ankle. Unfortunately, I had left my eyeglasses below and suffer from total night blindness. I reached up for the gun but took hold of the barrel by mistake. Still holding the barrel, I swung the gun aimlessly, trying to get a fix on the target.

The dd fired, but since I am near sighted, I do not know its distance. The shot hit amidships. My clothes were blown off, plus I was blown overboard into crab and shark filled waters. I curled up into a ball so my limbs would not be eaten or pinched (yeow!) by the denizens of the deep. I faintly recognized the muffled and gurgling sound of snoring ("zzzz") as she went down. All hands died in their sleep. I used my cell phone to remotely launch the torpedoes before my boat sank. It did not ring as I forget to charge the battery.

As the dd sped off I heard her captain say, "Pass me another Kirin and some more Sushi, please. Let's go find that Digital Aura San. Maybe that Yankee Dog can offer us better competion, eh?"

LOL!... now THAT'S entertainment! heheh

10-09-09, 02:12 PM	#1
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	You know, Digital, I HATE screenshot contests. But it would be a total crime not to take some of your screenshots over to Ubi and clean up over there. Just about any one is a slam dunk winner, so don't enter them all at once. You'd just turn winners into losers. Yikes, those are great composition! __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

10-12-09, 04:14 PM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Great story, great shots. I especially loved the first shot, of the sun through the porthole. Funny thing though - I had to look twice at the one of the ship sitting on the bottom. At first glance I thought it was steaming through a swamp! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

10-12-09, 04:41 PM	#4
Akula4745 Convicted Ship Killer Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Just out of sight... plotting your course and speed Posts: 846 Downloads: 371 Uploads: 1	Thanks for sharing, DigitalAura... good hunting and happy luck! __________________ Akula4745 "If you sit by the river long enough... the body of your enemy will float by -- SunTzu"

10-13-09, 11:49 AM	#6
Bartolomeus Planesman Join Date: May 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 190 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Yeah, awesome! Nice report with great pics. __________________

10-14-09, 06:37 PM	#7
DigitalAura Straight and True Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: CANADA Posts: 276 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	thank you! I just finished reading both the AMERICAN account of submarine warfare (Silent Running, Calvert) and the GERMAN account (Iron Coffins, Werner) and I was feeling inspired! LOL __________________ ... ALL YOUR BEACH ARE BELONG TO US! ...

10-12-09, 03:40 PM	#2
dazkaz Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 7 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	Was a great read, and the pictures where awsome. Thank you

10-15-09, 12:15 AM	#8
G2B XO Join Date: May 2009 Location: Guam, I think Posts: 420 Downloads: 80 Uploads: 0	Sir that is some Brilliant Writing and Photography __________________

10-15-09, 01:47 AM	#9
I'm goin' down Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Notify command we have entered the Grass Sea Posts: 2,822 Downloads: 813 Uploads: 0	My story is heroic Looks like you sunk and entire navy! My mission was just like yours! It was another snowy day in the South Pacific with the thermometer reaching 97 degrees. I spotted a single dd in broad daylight. My crew refused to move because they had been at battle stations for too long engaging an unarmed junk. Actually, the entire crew had fallen fast asleep. I sounded General Quarters because no one would sound it for me. Only one person moved, my second in command, and even though he was semi-conscious he managed to lift his right hand and flip me the bird. The dd closed at flank speed. I climbed to the deck, ran for the gun and reached for its handle. I missed--falling face first, sprawling on the deck, and twisting an ankle. Unfortunately, I had left my eyeglasses below and suffer from total night blindness. I reached up for the gun but took hold of the barrel by mistake. Still holding the barrel, I swung the gun aimlessly, trying to get a fix on the target. The dd fired, but since I am near sighted, I do not know its distance. The shot hit amidships. My clothes were blown off, plus I was blown overboard into crab and shark filled waters. I curled up into a ball so my limbs would not be eaten or pinched (yeow!) by the denizens of the deep. I faintly recognized the muffled and gurgling sound of snoring ("zzzz") as she went down. All hands died in their sleep. I used my cell phone to remotely launch the torpedoes before my boat sank. It did not ring as I forget to charge the battery. As the dd sped off I heard her captain say, "Pass me another Kirin and some more Sushi, please. Let's go find that Digital Aura San. Maybe that Yankee Dog can offer us better competion, eh?" Last edited by I'm goin' down; 10-15-09 at 01:59 AM.

10-15-09, 05:08 AM	#10
Zero Niner Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,033 Downloads: 69 Uploads: 0	Nice story. More please!