My First Carrier!

badaboom · 09-03-10, 03:10 PM

Bravo!!!!

Armistead · 09-03-10, 06:06 PM

Good story....

Now go sink the Yamato.

Earwax · 09-04-10, 11:45 AM

Nice! I got a carrier near the end of my second patrol as a "new captain".

In early '42 I encountered a sizeable task force off the west coast of Luzon. Through my periscope I could easily recognize several flattops in the moonlight far on the horizon. I planned my approach, but I got the time to contact wrong, so when I raised my scope, the carrier was at MOST 1000 yrds away! I frantically guesstimated all the info into the TDC and fired a salvo spread of my last four bow topedoes.

The moment the last torpedo left it's tube, my ship began rocking from enemy fire. I dove and hit full rudder. The ship had taken minor damage, but more importantly my soundman reported three torpedo impacts. For a split second I considered the possibility of setting up a stern shot, but I knew that would be suicide.

A rough depth chargeing quickly confirmed that. I took considerable hull damage, but most importantly both periscopes were totally destroyed. It took a little over four hours to slowly sneak away. I surfaced shortly after sunrise and finished repairs, but still faced the task of returning from the South China Sea without scopes. I spent the first half of the day avoiding scores of air patrols, but the rest of the way to Java was unevenful, save a large oil tanker my deck gunners were happy to take out.

I had a lucky patrol, and with the addition of the Taiyo class carrier, I sunk over 47,000 tons and returned to Pearl two months to the day I left.

gollum65 · 09-04-10, 07:32 PM

Maybe some of you mod designers can answer a question for me. Is it possible for the dates of battles to change or for battles to never take place or positions of assets used in those battles change because of events we cause in the game? What I'm getting at is I'm wondering if the Battle of Midway doesn't take place in my "alternate history" since I sunk the Hiryu?

As it so happened I am in the area of Midway after a refueling run that I made near the end of May, 1942. Since I wasn't given any new orders I figured I'd just head out to about 150-200 miles NW of Midway and hang around for 4-6 June 1942 to see if I could get into the action. But I'm now on June 7 and haven't seen any sign of the IJN. I've also not received any reports of a battle going on. I'm just wondering if I caused some sort of change to the order of battle?

09-03-10, 03:10 PM	#1
badaboom Weps Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 359 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	Bravo!!!! __________________

09-04-10, 11:45 AM	#3
Earwax Bilge Rat Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 1 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Nice! I got a carrier near the end of my second patrol as a "new captain". In early '42 I encountered a sizeable task force off the west coast of Luzon. Through my periscope I could easily recognize several flattops in the moonlight far on the horizon. I planned my approach, but I got the time to contact wrong, so when I raised my scope, the carrier was at MOST 1000 yrds away! I frantically guesstimated all the info into the TDC and fired a salvo spread of my last four bow topedoes. The moment the last torpedo left it's tube, my ship began rocking from enemy fire. I dove and hit full rudder. The ship had taken minor damage, but more importantly my soundman reported three torpedo impacts. For a split second I considered the possibility of setting up a stern shot, but I knew that would be suicide. A rough depth chargeing quickly confirmed that. I took considerable hull damage, but most importantly both periscopes were totally destroyed. It took a little over four hours to slowly sneak away. I surfaced shortly after sunrise and finished repairs, but still faced the task of returning from the South China Sea without scopes. I spent the first half of the day avoiding scores of air patrols, but the rest of the way to Java was unevenful, save a large oil tanker my deck gunners were happy to take out. I had a lucky patrol, and with the addition of the Taiyo class carrier, I sunk over 47,000 tons and returned to Pearl two months to the day I left. Last edited by Earwax; 09-04-10 at 12:14 PM.

09-03-10, 06:06 PM	#2
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Good story.... Now go sink the Yamato.

09-04-10, 07:32 PM	#4
gollum65 Seaman Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 37 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Maybe some of you mod designers can answer a question for me. Is it possible for the dates of battles to change or for battles to never take place or positions of assets used in those battles change because of events we cause in the game? What I'm getting at is I'm wondering if the Battle of Midway doesn't take place in my "alternate history" since I sunk the Hiryu? As it so happened I am in the area of Midway after a refueling run that I made near the end of May, 1942. Since I wasn't given any new orders I figured I'd just head out to about 150-200 miles NW of Midway and hang around for 4-6 June 1942 to see if I could get into the action. But I'm now on June 7 and haven't seen any sign of the IJN. I've also not received any reports of a battle going on. I'm just wondering if I caused some sort of change to the order of battle?