Sampans... do you... - Page 2

Schnee · 08-30-07, 09:08 AM

Usually I couldn't be bothered - sometimes it just brings an aircraft overhead.

But I try to use a .50 cal on them just to lighten that ammo load. What does everyone else use?

Gunner · 08-30-07, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

Save munitions and run em over :p

:rotfl:
since My Sugar boat has limited ammo, I prefer to save my shells for more lucrative targets. I don't smoke nor do I care for fish, so I just leave em alone

Vlad34 · 09-02-07, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

Save munitions and run em over :p

AYE, CAPTAIN!

Rockin Robbins · 08-31-07, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Tally Ho

They're utterly unarmed.
They aren't flying the Japanese flag.
They're frickin' SAILBOATS, for God's sake!

I just can't bring myself to turn my guns on them. Am I doing my country a disservice by letting them sail on by? Hey... some of them have good fish which Cookie buys off of them for a few packages of smokes! A nice tunny beats the hell outta whatever else he has in the galley after 30 days at sea.

So I'd like to know... will I ever get penalized for sinking them? Will I ever get penalized for NOT sinking them? Do my fellow skippers with more patrols under their belts turn a cold, appraising eye toward their fragile wooden hulls and blaze away? Or do you enjoy fresh fish for dinner as much as I do?

Regards,
Captain Tally

Admiral Lockwood extends this cordial invitation to join him for tea and scones in his office tomorrow morning 0500. Please bring clean underwear and pants to change into afterwards. RSVP immediately upon receipt. Thank you very much for your kind consideration.

Regards,
Admiral Lockwood COMSUBPAC

Peto · 08-31-07, 09:20 AM

I have a relative who served as 1st class torpedoman and gun captain during the war. He said they usually would stop and search small shipping in the Phillipines area. If carrying controband the crew would be ordered off and they would sink it. If it had a radio, it was down. If it was armed, the crew was not afforded the courtesy noted above...

The Japanese commandeered many of these small ships to run supplies from island to island...

Edit: If it was native and not carrying anything that would obviously help the Japanese, they would let it go. It seems tp me that how the situation was handled was up to the discretion of the submarine commander...

08-30-07, 09:08 AM	#1
Schnee Engineer Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 209 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Hmmm Usually I couldn't be bothered - sometimes it just brings an aircraft overhead. But I try to use a .50 cal on them just to lighten that ammo load. What does everyone else use?

08-31-07, 09:20 AM	#5
Peto Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The details of my life are quite inconsequential Posts: 1,049 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	I have a relative who served as 1st class torpedoman and gun captain during the war. He said they usually would stop and search small shipping in the Phillipines area. If carrying controband the crew would be ordered off and they would sink it. If it had a radio, it was down. If it was armed, the crew was not afforded the courtesy noted above... The Japanese commandeered many of these small ships to run supplies from island to island... Edit: If it was native and not carrying anything that would obviously help the Japanese, they would let it go. It seems tp me that how the situation was handled was up to the discretion of the submarine commander...