Ships you have never hit

RConch · 03-15-12, 12:59 PM

Aside from some classes of escorts, I have never hit a carrier or an ocean liner.
I finally got an ammunition ship off the bucket list.

flag4 · 03-15-12, 03:48 PM

...the one that got away!
north of scotland, i have the feeling it was alone - but i doubt it.
i was coming home with no eels - all expended
and in the starry night out she came all alone, bobbing along. i turned to ninety degrees and crept away untill out of sight. no idea about escorts or anything - she was just there - thats it. just there, like a great dark ghost....

...the frustration.....!

Fubar2Niner · 03-15-12, 04:54 PM

@flag4

Hit that beauty, but never a carrier................ as yet

Sorry for the HUD

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

Raptor · 03-15-12, 05:26 PM

@RConch:

Go to ED98 and wait.
Many big 24,400 GRT ocean liners heading to Port of Spain
Many large tankers outbound

Tinman764 · 03-15-12, 05:56 PM

Fired a total of 7 eels at the Nelson over the course of 2 attacks recently - only 1 of them actually made the distance to her and even that one missed, all the others blew up enroute.

Gargamel · 03-15-12, 07:13 PM

Sad to say, I myself am not on that list.

I would 'like' to encounter a Q ship someday.

flag4 · 03-16-12, 12:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tinman764

Fired a total of 7 eels at the Nelson over the course of 2 attacks recently - only 1 of them actually made the distance to her and even that one missed, all the others blew up enroute.

now that. is a serious bummer

bad luck Tinman, better luck next time

David I · 03-17-12, 03:13 PM

I haven't seen or sunk a Queen Mary Liner. Got a torpedo into the Hood once but she shrugged it off and sailed on.

Once I, almost, sank two battleships in one patrol:

I hit the Revenge, moving in the middle of a convoy at 5 knots, with 3 torps and she went down like a rock:

Then towards the end of my patrol (4 torpedoes left) I came across the Rodney under similar conditions (middle of the convoy moving 8 knots):

She went dead in the water, started to settle be the bows and then just floated there. I waited until the rest of the convoy sailed on, rose to periscope depth and waited some more. And waited, and waited. I finally took a stern shot at her with my last torpedo. The torp premed about 100 meters short. I waited around for two days but she just laid there. I was so frustrated that thought of ramming her went through my mind (very briefly).
Finally I sailed home.

Raptor · 03-17-12, 05:12 PM

David:

Surface next to her in the dead angle of her guns and send her down with your 88mm. It would probably only take a couple of rounds.

Think of the bragging rights back a the O-club!

All those smart-aleck Kaleuns who brag of successfully duking it out with a destroyer will go crawl off into a corner and sulk.

Missing Name · 03-17-12, 05:47 PM

An Iowa class battlewagon. Now THAT'S a beauty of a ship to sink!

David I · 03-17-12, 06:54 PM

Raptor,

I thought about surfacing off her stern and hitting her with my deck gun,
but the thought of her secondary 6" guns gave me pause.

If I mis-judged
the distance or angle, one hit from one of those babies would put a serious hurt on my boat.

DavidI

andwii · 03-17-12, 07:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raptor

David:

Surface next to her in the dead angle of her guns and send her down with your 88mm. It would probably only take a couple of rounds.

Think of the bragging rights back a the O-club!

All those smart-aleck Kaleuns who brag of successfully duking it out with a destroyer will go crawl off into a corner and sulk.

ha I actually did that once with a carrier, I won he lost.

Missing Name · 03-17-12, 11:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raptor

David:

Surface next to her in the dead angle of her guns and send her down with your 88mm. It would probably only take a couple of rounds.

Think of the bragging rights back a the O-club!

All those smart-aleck Kaleuns who brag of successfully duking it out with a destroyer will go crawl off into a corner and sulk.

Also, challenge accepted. Just have to find the buggers!

Osmium Steele · 03-19-12, 08:14 AM

Never sank a Gato class boat. Saw one from a distance in the Bay of Biscay.

My thought? That CO is crazy! Any torpdeo boat on the surface is gonna get hammered. Must have an early form of IFF.

03-15-12, 12:59 PM	#1
RConch Captain Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: No. Virginia Posts: 619 Downloads: 518 Uploads: 0	Ships you have never hit Aside from some classes of escorts, I have never hit a carrier or an ocean liner. I finally got an ammunition ship off the bucket list. __________________ "Noch und Noch" Prowling the Nord Atlantik with GWX 3.0.

03-15-12, 03:48 PM	#2
flag4 Watch Officer Join Date: May 2007 Location: as far away as possible Posts: 1,625 Downloads: 147 Uploads: 0	...the one that got away! north of scotland, i have the feeling it was alone - but i doubt it. i was coming home with no eels - all expended and in the starry night out she came all alone, bobbing along. i turned to ninety degrees and crept away untill out of sight. no idea about escorts or anything - she was just there - thats it. just there, like a great dark ghost.... ...the frustration.....! __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] ' We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.' Kurt Vonnegut

03-15-12, 05:26 PM	#4
Raptor Weps Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Pacific NW, USA Posts: 350 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	@RConch: Go to ED98 and wait. Many big 24,400 GRT ocean liners heading to Port of Spain Many large tankers outbound __________________ Raptor

03-15-12, 07:13 PM	#6
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	Sad to say, I myself am not on that list. I would 'like' to encounter a Q ship someday. __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

03-17-12, 05:12 PM	#9
Raptor Weps Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Pacific NW, USA Posts: 350 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	David: Surface next to her in the dead angle of her guns and send her down with your 88mm. It would probably only take a couple of rounds. Think of the bragging rights back a the O-club! All those smart-aleck Kaleuns who brag of successfully duking it out with a destroyer will go crawl off into a corner and sulk. __________________ Raptor

03-15-12, 04:54 PM	#3
Fubar2Niner Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: London. UK Posts: 4,175 Downloads: 279 Uploads: 0	@flag4 Hit that beauty, but never a carrier................ as yet Sorry for the HUD Best regards. Fubar2Niner

03-15-12, 05:56 PM	#5
Tinman764 Chief Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: U-32's Wintergarten Posts: 325 Downloads: 182 Uploads: 0	Fired a total of 7 eels at the Nelson over the course of 2 attacks recently - only 1 of them actually made the distance to her and even that one missed, all the others blew up enroute.

03-17-12, 03:13 PM	#8
David I Ensign Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 231 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	I haven't seen or sunk a Queen Mary Liner. Got a torpedo into the Hood once but she shrugged it off and sailed on. Once I, almost, sank two battleships in one patrol: I hit the Revenge, moving in the middle of a convoy at 5 knots, with 3 torps and she went down like a rock: Then towards the end of my patrol (4 torpedoes left) I came across the Rodney under similar conditions (middle of the convoy moving 8 knots): She went dead in the water, started to settle be the bows and then just floated there. I waited until the rest of the convoy sailed on, rose to periscope depth and waited some more. And waited, and waited. I finally took a stern shot at her with my last torpedo. The torp premed about 100 meters short. I waited around for two days but she just laid there. I was so frustrated that thought of ramming her went through my mind (very briefly). Finally I sailed home.

03-17-12, 05:47 PM	#10
Missing Name Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Westun New Yahk Posts: 748 Downloads: 131 Uploads: 0	An Iowa class battlewagon. Now THAT'S a beauty of a ship to sink! __________________ Largest target sunk with deck gun: Japanese auxiliary cruiser, 15000 tons Largest engaged: HMS Nelson. Results inconclusive. Read Brag's stuff

03-17-12, 06:54 PM	#11
David I Ensign Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 231 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Raptor, I thought about surfacing off her stern and hitting her with my deck gun, but the thought of her secondary 6" guns gave me pause. If I mis-judged the distance or angle, one hit from one of those babies would put a serious hurt on my boat. DavidI

03-19-12, 08:14 AM	#14
Osmium Steele Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Upper midwest USA Posts: 1,101 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Never sank a Gato class boat. Saw one from a distance in the Bay of Biscay. My thought? That CO is crazy! Any torpdeo boat on the surface is gonna get hammered. Must have an early form of IFF. __________________ In the month of July of the year 1348, between the feasts of St. Benedict and of St. Swithin, a strange thing came upon England... My U297 build thread