Advice on sinking Yamato

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Originally Posted by fireftr18

I would try it the same way as cdrsubron. Try to get set up so that when the task force comes toward you, you're inside the screen. Get at least 100 feet below the thermal layer, go silent, and wait. When the lead destroyer passes over you, hope you're not detected. If you're lucky, then go to periscope depth. Line up your shot. Unload all six tubes, each torpedo in a different spot. Circle around the opposite direction your target is heading to line up the stern tubes. By the time you're lined up, you may know if you need to fire them. If you do, unload again. Crash dive as deep as you dare, then go silent and get out of there.
If you're detected before you can come up to periscope depth, go as deep as you dare, go silent and get out there.

This is also a great time to use headphones with the volume turned up.

I tried something similar to that but at periscope depth and about 3k yds perpendicular to the lead escort. He's hanging really close to the formation and I wasn't sure if I'd be able to come to periscope depth from below the thermocline before the Yamato passed my firing angle (using dick-o-kane method). When I pop my scope they are already weaving and flashing lights at each other. I'll try it again below the thermocline and see what happens.

I did manage to get some torps on it tonight though by approaching from the opposite side (escort is hanging at the back of the formation on that side). From 8500 yds out at twilight I could see silhouettes still. 5 hits out of 6. I'm not sure why #5 missed since it wasn't the first or last that I fired and had them all set to 24-25 feet. I didn't even need to dive after firing. It looked like they were completely baffled where it came from. The escorts sped up to the front of the formation right by me 4k yds off their starboard side. The first torp started a small fire on the bow. The others seemed to not be far enough back toward the rear magazines to do anything spectacular. She seems to be running lower in the bow now. It's hard to tell that far out (I only use the event cam), so I'll have to slip out and do an end around to lay some more torps on her.

Thanks for the advice. I'll be practicing all sorts of techniques using this save point.

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After half a dozen attempts I managed to sink the Yamato at twilight. It took 6 torps to disable it and then 4 more to finally put her down. I put one under the front turret and because I fat fingered my keys and was hitting the Q (open/close tube door) instead of W (cycle tube) The other 5 ended up being from the stack back to the hanger deck. I think that last one must've damaged the propulsion system because she went dead in the water with about a 10 degree list. I went deep and silent and waited for the escorts to sail away. They hardly even tried to find me.

Honorable Captain, the Yamato just went BOOM! and is now dead in the water.

Get back to your station and steam on, we are one and a half hours out of port and I have some warm sake waiting for me!

Yes, honorable Captain.

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Well done Commander!

Happy Hunting!