Very Strange Encounter

WernherVonTrapp · 12-01-10, 11:49 AM

Did you by any chance encounter the Dutchman in the Luzon Strait? That's where I saw it.

Red Devil · 12-01-10, 01:49 PM

Yes, the luzon straits

Dogfish40 · 12-02-10, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by WernherVonTrapp

Did you by any chance encounter the Dutchman in the Luzon Strait? That's where I saw it.

Luzon strait, confirmed!! That's affirmative.
D40

Kptlt. Neuerburg · 12-02-10, 05:20 PM

I saw the Flying Dutchman three times in one patrol in the Luzon Strait, and the first time I witnessed a japanese Zero attempting to attack it!

Vaux · 12-03-10, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Dogfish40

Luzon strait, confirmed!! That's affirmative.
D40

Oooh! I'm in the Luzon Straits right now! *Sweeps the horizon with his binoculars*

Dogfish40 · 12-03-10, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Vaux

Oooh! I'm in the Luzon Straits right now! *Sweeps the horizon with his binoculars*

Someone mentioned that the patrol needed to be a long one as well. I don't know for sure, but my patrol was definitely a long one just because I kept getting more orders.
Yeah, Luzon straits!! Keep yer eyes open

for a "Warship, moving fast" and don't waste any torpedos on it. Send some screen shots if you get her.
Good Hunting!

D40

12-03-10, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Dogfish40

...Yeah, Luzon straits!! Keep yer eyes open

for a "Warship, moving fast" and don't waste any torpedos on it. Send some screen shots if you get her....D40

Is it possible to sink her?? I mean, even a blind squirrel can find an acorn once in a while! Talk about a sweet freakin' pic that would be! Really "bagging the elephant!"

I personally would use the "Spray and Pray" method...not to be confused with the "Pull and Pray" method used strictly on port calls!

Dogfish40 · 12-03-10, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by NoGoodLandLubber

Is it possible to sink her?? I mean, even a blind squirrel can find an acorn once in a while! Talk about a sweet freakin' pic that would be! Really "bagging the elephant!"

I personally would use the "Spray and Pray" method...not to be confused with the "Pull and Pray" method used strictly on port calls!

In real life, can you imagine trying to explain that "Kill" away to command?!
At the court-martial, it would make Capt' Queeg look like John-Paul Jones.
"Yes Sir, The Flying Dutchman. We sank a ghost ship, yes Sir"

"You're taking my command away?? What For??".... "it was those damn strawberry's..."

D40/ Somewhere past midway...
USS Drum

andy_311 · 12-03-10, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by NoGoodLandLubber

Is it possible to sink her?? I mean, even a blind squirrel can find an acorn once in a while! Talk about a sweet freakin' pic that would be! Really "bagging the elephant!"

I personally would use the "Spray and Pray" method...not to be confused with the "Pull and Pray" method used strictly on port calls!

Nope she can't be sunk your torps will go straight through her hull and the ship is Nuetral.
I created a single mission just to see if she could be destroyed with the dutchman being attacked by 2 heavy jap cruisers and quite a few GM4 Betty/Torp bombers all failed the dutch man actually crippled a cruiser but if you look carefully her deck guns are at an angle so her guns cannot fire straight.

Red Devil · 12-04-10, 06:16 AM

Since I moved to Win 7 I have problems screen shooting and loading into paint - all I get is a bloody black screen. I wonder if its to do with the fact that 'movement' is taking place?

Red Devil · 12-03-10, 05:54 PM

to the right of the island string

12-01-10, 11:49 AM	#1
WernherVonTrapp Admiral Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Now, alot farther from NYC. Posts: 2,228 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	Did you by any chance encounter the Dutchman in the Luzon Strait? That's where I saw it. __________________ "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Miyamoto Musashi ------------------------------------------------------- "What is truth?" -Pontius Pilate

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Red Devil The Old Man Join Date: May 2004 Location: Sutton Coldfield England Posts: 1,540 Downloads: 305 Uploads: 0	Yes, the luzon straits __________________ > > Captain!, there's a destroyer on the por........ periscope is flooded Sir! > Darkness is only the absence of Light; Ignorance is only the absence of knowledge © www.worldwartwo.uk www.captainwalker.uk

12-02-10, 05:20 PM	#4
Kptlt. Neuerburg Admiral Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 2,279 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	I saw the Flying Dutchman three times in one patrol in the Luzon Strait, and the first time I witnessed a japanese Zero attempting to attack it! __________________ "When you're born into this world, you're given a ticket to the freak show. If you're born in America you get a front row seat." - George Carlin

12-04-10, 06:16 AM	#10
Red Devil The Old Man Join Date: May 2004 Location: Sutton Coldfield England Posts: 1,540 Downloads: 305 Uploads: 0	Since I moved to Win 7 I have problems screen shooting and loading into paint - all I get is a bloody black screen. I wonder if its to do with the fact that 'movement' is taking place? __________________ > > Captain!, there's a destroyer on the por........ periscope is flooded Sir! > Darkness is only the absence of Light; Ignorance is only the absence of knowledge © www.worldwartwo.uk www.captainwalker.uk

12-03-10, 05:54 PM	#11
Red Devil The Old Man Join Date: May 2004 Location: Sutton Coldfield England Posts: 1,540 Downloads: 305 Uploads: 0	to the right of the island string __________________ > > Captain!, there's a destroyer on the por........ periscope is flooded Sir! > Darkness is only the absence of Light; Ignorance is only the absence of knowledge © www.worldwartwo.uk www.captainwalker.uk