You Know You're Having A Tough Day...

[sqk7744]

Originally Posted by Snuffy

I had battery damage and some hull damage from a run in with a couple of aircraft.
My initial base at Manilla was overrun by the enemy. I had to go to Austrailia to get my boat fixed ... it was my 4th mission on my third career. We were quite successful.

50 miles out from the base in Austrailia, I run out of diesel fuel. I can't submerge and run on battery cuz they're damaged and if I even attempt to go to periscope depth, because of the damage to the hull, I start sinking like a lead balloon. Blowing ballast got me back safely to the surface but ... I can't go anywhere.

Is there a command for running the batteries while surfaced?

I trashed the career and started another one.

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Hmm Good question. I found one way to sort of do this. Last Night in heavy seas on surface, the waves were washing off the fore and aft deck (kind of sea where any sane deck gunner would be playing poker down below) and the Batts kept kicking in when we were awash, then the diesels would come back on again -must have drove Johann nuts. Maybe a depth of 16-20 in calm seas might trigger the same thing.

[AVGWarhawk]

Decks awash up to 30 feet and electrics should turn on.