Shallow water ops?

Rockin Robbins · 01-27-08, 11:08 PM

Quillan, I shoot to kill. Get in under 800 yards, loose two, one for the bow and one for the stern, dive and pay the price, then come back and do it all over again.

If we're gonna get depth charged anyway, might as well have something to show for it besides just empty torpedo tubes.

Now if the sun will just hurry up and go down!!! Looks like party time tonight.

Snuffy · 01-28-08, 10:52 AM

Do a search on the forums here for posts by Ducimus ... he has a very well illustrated post on how sonar/radar works.

And as he and others have said, the thermal layer is not a door to block, but rather a screen that makes it harder for you to be detected.

DavyJonesFootlocker · 01-28-08, 11:02 AM

I've been sneaking into enemy harbors in shallow waters all the time. No one sees me in day or night. When DDs depth-charges me they are somewhat ineffective. Perhaps the depth has something to do with it. In external view I saw one DC just bump off the conning tower.

Captain Vlad · 01-29-08, 01:07 AM

I hate shallow water, but you can pull off successful attacks there. A recent misadventure in the Celebes Sea had me using the periscope at flank speed underwater so I could see the looming shape of the destroyer. I would then turn away from him and watch him drop his charges behind me.

After a real-time hour of this, I got into 100 feet of water or more, and after his lastest run, went to 1 knot and silent running about the same time the DCs went off. Crawled away at minimum speed, and when I upped scope a while later to see if I was clear, I could see his superstructure jutting over the horizon. He was sitting there waiting on me to make a noise.

01-27-08, 11:08 PM	#1
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Not my style. Quillan, I shoot to kill. Get in under 800 yards, loose two, one for the bow and one for the stern, dive and pay the price, then come back and do it all over again. If we're gonna get depth charged anyway, might as well have something to show for it besides just empty torpedo tubes. Now if the sun will just hurry up and go down!!! Looks like party time tonight. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

01-28-08, 10:52 AM	#2
Snuffy XO Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 420 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Do a search on the forums here for posts by Ducimus ... he has a very well illustrated post on how sonar/radar works. And as he and others have said, the thermal layer is not a door to block, but rather a screen that makes it harder for you to be detected. __________________ ----------------- Snuffy!

01-28-08, 11:02 AM	#3
DavyJonesFootlocker The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Stink Drunk in Trinidad Posts: 1,572 Downloads: 138 Uploads: 0	I've been sneaking into enemy harbors in shallow waters all the time. No one sees me in day or night. When DDs depth-charges me they are somewhat ineffective. Perhaps the depth has something to do with it. In external view I saw one DC just bump off the conning tower. __________________ "Silence means death. Stand on your feet. Inner fear your worst enemy."- Sepultura. My Silent Hunter 5 mantra is this......"Torpedo missed, sir!" A P-400 is a P-40 with a Zero after it. A proud member of the Wikipedia Haters Club

01-29-08, 01:07 AM	#4
Captain Vlad Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pollard, Oklahoma Posts: 679 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I hate shallow water, but you can pull off successful attacks there. A recent misadventure in the Celebes Sea had me using the periscope at flank speed underwater so I could see the looming shape of the destroyer. I would then turn away from him and watch him drop his charges behind me. After a real-time hour of this, I got into 100 feet of water or more, and after his lastest run, went to 1 knot and silent running about the same time the DCs went off. Crawled away at minimum speed, and when I upped scope a while later to see if I was clear, I could see his superstructure jutting over the horizon. He was sitting there waiting on me to make a noise. __________________ "Stop sounding battlestations just to hear the alarm."