Something amazing happened

jerm138 · 01-26-10, 04:02 PM

If the TMO destroyers are anything like the real ones were, I can't imagine how feared they must have been in real life.

Last night I picked up a convoy on sonar, so I raced several miles ahead of them, keeping them beyond the horizon the whole time. Then I dove to 200 feet (well below the thermal layer), moved into position at A1/3 and waited while rigged for silent running, at all stop. Then I time-compressed until the party arrived, and sure enough, 3 DD's started circling my exact spot and dropping depth charges, as if I had a neon buoy tethered to my boat. How would they have detected me? I was never surfaced while in visual range.

I have a hard time believing this is realistic, but I don't have anything to go off of.

And I sure would like to know how to get past a DD screen.

01-26-10, 04:02 PM	#8
jerm138 Watch Officer Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 332 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	If the TMO destroyers are anything like the real ones were, I can't imagine how feared they must have been in real life. Last night I picked up a convoy on sonar, so I raced several miles ahead of them, keeping them beyond the horizon the whole time. Then I dove to 200 feet (well below the thermal layer), moved into position at A1/3 and waited while rigged for silent running, at all stop. Then I time-compressed until the party arrived, and sure enough, 3 DD's started circling my exact spot and dropping depth charges, as if I had a neon buoy tethered to my boat. How would they have detected me? I was never surfaced while in visual range. I have a hard time believing this is realistic, but I don't have anything to go off of. And I sure would like to know how to get past a DD screen. __________________