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Originally Posted by SteamWake

heh... kind of embarrising but I have run into islands out in the middle of nowhere while running surfaced at high TC.

Really should check my plotting a little more carefully :rotfl:

Oops, did that from Hawaii to Midway. If you're not looking very hard, that straight line from one to the other may plow right into that tiny little island about 1/4 of the way to Midway. You don't see it if you're zoomed out too far. Yes, I found it at full speed and dug my way right up into the beach. Sound guy didn't appreciate my busting up his hydrophones, either. He just gave me a dirty look - I think he had the volume turned up full at the time.

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by Zayphod

Oops, did that from Hawaii to Midway. If you're not looking very hard, that straight line from one to the other may plow right into that tiny little island about 1/4 of the way to Midway. You don't see it if you're zoomed out too far. Yes, I found it at full speed and dug my way right up into the beach. Sound guy didn't appreciate my busting up his hydrophones, either. He just gave me a dirty look - I think he had the volume turned up full at the time.

Hrm... when I did it I got stuck for good! All back astern wouldent even budge it.

I considered waiting for the tide to come in when I realized uhhh there are none in the game :rotfl:

But if it makes you feel better this type of thing actually did happen in real life Ill try to find some linkage and edit it in.

Heres one http://www.aimm.museum/SS-394/ss-394.htm

Here is a list... several of these are listed as "Run Aground" http://users.cvalley.net/hehall/Lost%20subs.html

Originally Posted by SteamWake

But if it makes you feel better this type of thing actually did happen in real life Ill try to find some linkage and edit it in.

Heres one http://www.aimm.museum/SS-394/ss-394.htm

Here is a list... several of these are listed as "Run Aground" http://users.cvalley.net/hehall/Lost%20subs.html

Thanks for that link, especially the second one.
Very important piece of history there.

[gAiNiAc]

I once scraped all the way down the side of the Truk subnet until I found a way out!

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by gAiNiAc

I once scraped all the way down the side of the Truk subnet until I found a way out!

Yieeeeee <claps hands over ears> that musta been noisy !

By the way you should not have been able to get away with that cause the nets were designed to snag on any projection of the boat and WWII subs have a lot of projections.

/shrug

[Orion2012]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

Yieeeeee <claps hands over ears> that musta been noisy !

By the way you should not have been able to get away with that cause the nets were designed to snag on any projection of the boat and WWII subs have a lot of projections.

/shrug

I don't think I've ever ran into a subnet...hit a mine going in palalu once...damn thing killed half my crew