The most reckless/foolish thing you have ever done?

Willem VonBoom · 08-06-11, 12:45 PM

I had a rough day yesterday... Early 41' in a VIIB waiting at about 25m for the convoy to run over the top of me... Screen runs by, I come to Peri, pop it up, and the large merchant INSTANTLY sees me. I get the Black Swan with my stern tube, take a little from a DC, go to 160m, and the C&D proceeds to sit above me for more than 12 hours. You see, I have an air compressor leak, and he didn't need sonar to know where I was. So, running out of O2 and batteries, I'm forced to surface and face her with my deck gun. I lost 10 crew members. But, I did make it back to Brest.

Perhaps not foolish, due to the lack of choice in the matter, but definitely reckless. Rough day...

08-06-11, 12:45 PM	#23
Willem VonBoom Seaman Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 36 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	I had a rough day yesterday... Early 41' in a VIIB waiting at about 25m for the convoy to run over the top of me... Screen runs by, I come to Peri, pop it up, and the large merchant INSTANTLY sees me. I get the Black Swan with my stern tube, take a little from a DC, go to 160m, and the C&D proceeds to sit above me for more than 12 hours. You see, I have an air compressor leak, and he didn't need sonar to know where I was. So, running out of O2 and batteries, I'm forced to surface and face her with my deck gun. I lost 10 crew members. But, I did make it back to Brest. Perhaps not foolish, due to the lack of choice in the matter, but definitely reckless. Rough day...