How fast do Depth Charges sink

Armistead · 05-14-14, 04:23 PM

Be funny to set them in game to drop at 30ft per sec. Someone should do it with TMO and see how fun it is.

Admiral Halsey · 05-23-14, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Armistead

Be funny to set them in game to drop at 30ft per sec. Someone should do it with TMO and see how fun it is.

Well for one TMO would become impossible at that point.

merc4ulfate · 05-23-14, 07:25 PM

Well if they are set to drop 30 ft/S then I'll just stay shallow and let them blow up below me.

Admiral Halsey · 05-23-14, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by merc4ulfate

Well if they are set to drop 30 ft/S then I'll just stay shallow and let them blow up below me.

That brings an interesting point up. What happens when a Depth Charge hits bottom in game? I tend to stay away from the shallows at all possible times(Thu why I normally do Pearl Based careers) so i've never see what happens.

razark · 05-23-14, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Admiral Halsey

What happens when a Depth Charge hits bottom in game?

Based on what I saw last night, the campaign ends.

I got caught in the shallows, and it appears that the charge dropped through the sea floor, and then exploded.

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

The listed test depth and what they actually "could do" are not the same. American boats were expected to do 1-1/2 times the test depth, and sometimes did more.

I recall one story of a fleet boat in the '50s or '60s that lost power, and was later calculated to have gone below 1000 feet. The pressure hull was damaged enough that the boat was scrapped afterwards, but still not bad for a 25-20 year old boat rated for 400.

TorpX · 05-23-14, 10:22 PM

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Be funny to set them in game to drop at 30ft per sec. Someone should do it with TMO and see how fun it is.

Well for one TMO would become impossible at that point.

That's what I was thinking.

Apart from making life harder (and shorter) for our subs, there are other things to consider. If the charges sink too fast, the ships could end up blowing themselves up. They needed a certain amount of time to reach a safe distance.

Does anyone know if there is a minimum depth the game uses?

Admiral Halsey · 05-23-14, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by razark

I recall one story of a fleet boat in the '50s or '60s that lost power, and was later calculated to have gone below 1000 feet. The pressure hull was damaged enough that the boat was scrapped afterwards, but still not bad for a 25-20 year old boat rated for 400.

That would be the USS Chopper.

razark · 05-23-14, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Admiral Halsey

That would be the USS Chopper.

That would be the one. I thought it started with a "C", but the only name that came to mind was the Copperfin.

Red Devil · 05-24-14, 06:29 AM

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Originally Posted by razark

Based on what I saw last night, the campaign ends.

I got caught in the shallows, and it appears that the charge dropped through the sea floor, and then exploded.

Well, thats one way to sand blast the barnacles off the hull

Red Devil · 05-24-14, 06:30 AM

In das boot, the uboat sat on the Med floor at around 700m, until the british sailed away.

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