Gulf of Mexico patrols?

[jasondef]

OK, great! Thanks for the infor! I'm in 2nd flotilla with a IXC, and the US will be entering the war soon, need a tropical vacation so I hope to check out the carribean.

[Ducimus]

dont forget to visit the bugged port of curraco where its lke 300 meters deep at the docks.

[Tikigod]

The U-506, U-507, U-106, U-753, U-158, U-67, U-171, U-166, U-155, U-527, and U-518 were all uboats that operated sometime in the Gulf of Mexico they all belonged to different flotillas. You can find which one they were apart of on uboat.net. So, it doesn't really matter where you leave from as long as you have the right boat to get you there.

[STEED]

Originally Posted by Threadfin

Yep, 2nd flotilla. The strait between Haiti and Cuba is like Tanker Alley.

Black Gold

[jasondef]

Texas Tea

[jasondef]

Originally Posted by Tikigod

The U-506, U-507, U-106, U-753, U-158, U-67, U-171, U-166, U-155, U-527, and U-518 were all uboats that operated sometime in the Gulf of Mexico they all belonged to different flotillas. You can find which one they were apart of on uboat.net. So, it doesn't really matter where you leave from as long as you have the right boat to get you there.

Uh, do you mean that this is accurately dippicted in the SH3 game? I can just change the name of my U-Boat to one of those, or do you have to get lucky and have one of those U-Boats as your assigned U-Boat number to start with and they'll send you there regardless of what flotilla you're in when the time comes? How does that work?

[Tonnage_Ace]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

dont forget to visit the bugged port of curraco where its lke 300 meters deep at the docks.

I laughed when I saw that on my last patrol :rotfl: I sunk a T2 moored there, then, to my utter amazement, I spotted a two ship convoy consisting of a T2 and a T3 heading toward the dock. Suffice it to say, it was a mad dash sinking both of them before they reached, ahem, warped into thin air upon reaching their destination.

[Tikigod]

Originally Posted by jasondef

Uh, do you mean that this is accurately dippicted in the SH3 game? I can just change the name of my U-Boat to one of those, or do you have to get lucky and have one of those U-Boats as your assigned U-Boat number to start with and they'll send you there regardless of what flotilla you're in when the time comes? How does that work?

No, these are just U-boats that managed to sneak into the Gulf to attack ships at some point in their patrols in real life not in game....most were IXB and IXC uboats....one was a VIIC that made it to U.S. I guess it is luck in game if you get assigned there...you most likely will get long range patrols in later years...you can always plot your own course there after you complete your patrol area....or you can always change your patrol area manually using SH3 Commander.....but, in general if you were wondering what flotillas sent uboats into the Gulf look up the above boats on uboat.net they all came from different flotillas not just 2nd flotilla....what I meant make sure you pick right uboat I meant type like IX and above....VII's can make it if you alternate fuel and electric through entire trip...but, in general try to use larger uboats to get the range....and more torpedoes

[tennozan]

The Torpedoes in the Gulf, Galveston and the U-Boats, 1942-1943 by Melanie Wiggins was a very good read. I have had good sucess simulating Operation Drumbeat patrols in the Gulf of Mexico area and had one of my best war patrols ever in the southern Caribbean sea. If I recall, the milkcow resupplies were the ticket to sucess in those early years of operations on the doorstep of the North and South American continents

[XXi]

BTW, isn`t the harbour at Curacao deep in reality ? There are quite few places in the Caribbean that ARE deep indeed.

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by XXi

BTW, isn`t the harbour at Curacao deep in reality ? There are quite few places in the Caribbean that ARE deep indeed.

Beats me, all i know is you can go right under the subnets.

Infact, i think you can acutally go right under the concrete docks structures because they only go down so far. You dont normally see this because harbors are usually shallow.

Stopping in there, is like shooting fish in a barrel, literally. Takes a little manuevering to get past the subnets and into the protected areas within, but other then that, fish in a barrel.

[andy_311]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

Beats me, all i know is you can go right under the subnets.

Infact, i think you can acutally go right under the concrete docks structures because they only go down so far. You dont normally see this because harbors are usually shallow.

Stopping in there, is like shooting fish in a barrel, literally. Takes a little manuevering to get past the subnets and into the protected areas within, but other then that, fish in a barrel.

Yep you can Iv'e done it go under the concrete docks.and when it's full of Tankers 11 I think it's heaven

[Ducimus]

hence why i thnk its bugged :P

It is a nice stop over though, one of the little perks for taking that 20-25 day trip accross the atlantic.

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by xrvjorn

Or get a IX-D2, which will get you there in 14 days, once you've fixed with VonHelsching's range correction.

What a waste of fuel.

Honestly though, its not a bad idea. Personnaly ive never taken up an IXD2 unless im going to the south atlantic or indian ocean, those bad boys are just bit to slow on the dive, and the US east coast can be an aircraft nightmare at times.

[Tonnage_Ace]

When I was in charge of a IXD2, I always asked my crew, "Ok, ahead standard on the way there or back?" Otherwise I just went ahead one-third.

BTW: with vonhelsching's range correction for the IXD2, I tested ranges between the XXI and IXD2 and found that going ahead standard with MAN on a IXD2 is around 21000Km(17kts) while going ahead standard with snorkel underwater with the XXI is about 25000Km(16kts). XXI has better range.