What a Jackpot

orangenee · 06-05-07, 03:06 PM

On her own?!?

Good god I bet someone got a court marshall for that one in the Japanese high command!!!

UnSalted · 06-05-07, 03:47 PM

Probably Tojo's personal ski boat.

SteamWake · 06-05-07, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by UnSalted

Probably Tojo's personal ski boat.

Not at 5 knots :p

GnarPow · 06-05-07, 04:22 PM

I had same thing once.. but it was following a REAL HUGE convoy... I attacked the convoy and they eventually out ran me... then low and behold a lone Escort Carrier comes mosying alot... hehe, he got it good.

UnSalted · 06-05-07, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

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Originally Posted by UnSalted

Probably Tojo's personal ski boat.

Not at 5 knots :p

It was stopping to pick him up. Tojo was a lousy wakeboarder.

TwistedFemur · 06-05-07, 05:15 PM

Did ya have some AA target practice on the lifeboats?

popeye · 06-05-07, 06:28 PM

perhaps they had been hit by another sub, and were lagging behind their task force due to engine problems.

still pretty lucky.

i hit a convoy yesterday, and all the DD's literally just sat and did nothing while i sank all the merchants. motionless. drifting.

SteamWake · 06-05-07, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by popeye

perhaps they had been hit by another sub, and were lagging behind their task force due to engine problems.

still pretty lucky.

i hit a convoy yesterday, and all the DD's literally just sat and did nothing while i sank all the merchants. motionless. drifting.

I dont think the task force would leave a high value asset behind.

switch.dota · 06-06-07, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by popeye

perhaps they had been hit by another sub, and were lagging behind their task force due to engine problems.

still pretty lucky.

i hit a convoy yesterday, and all the DD's literally just sat and did nothing while i sank all the merchants. motionless. drifting.

I had a fog-time Merchant encounter once where I sank 5 ships and none of the DDs ever came close. Basically I silent ran in, periscope depth, let loose a 10 torp volley and dive for reload. Then I came up again and fired another 10 torps. All in all 5 ships sank, 2 damaged. I decided not to stick around so I dived and ran silently for a while until I was sure the coast was clear. All this time I could hear light screws on constant courses. Not even evasive action let alone hunting for whomever sand the merchants.

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orangenee Engineer Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 211 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	On her own?!? Good god I bet someone got a court marshall for that one in the Japanese high command!!!

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UnSalted Machinist's Mate Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 130 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Probably Tojo's personal ski boat.

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GnarPow Gunner Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 96 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I had same thing once.. but it was following a REAL HUGE convoy... I attacked the convoy and they eventually out ran me... then low and behold a lone Escort Carrier comes mosying alot... hehe, he got it good.

06-05-07, 06:28 PM	#7
popeye A-ganger Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 77 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	perhaps they had been hit by another sub, and were lagging behind their task force due to engine problems. still pretty lucky. i hit a convoy yesterday, and all the DD's literally just sat and did nothing while i sank all the merchants. motionless. drifting.