Shallow water missions

jimmbbo · 07-07-19, 01:15 PM

Do any of the forum commanders have a method to successfully complete shallow water search missions (e.g. Jawa/Java Sea or the southwestern South China Sea) where the depth below keel is often less than 100 feet?
In those areas I find it nearly impossible to avoid the IJN DDs no matter how quiet I am, and have taken to either parking the sub within the search radius and using time compression to run out the clock or more recently by ignoring the assignment in favor of freelancing elsewhere to increase the renown points. If there's a shallow water tactical solution, it would be good to find it.

My normal attack is to stop 90 degrees and 1000-2000 yards from the convoy course, firing the torpedoes and immediately submerging to 250 feet, and after passing the thermal layer crossing under the convoy track at 2-5 kt to use its noise as cover.

07-07-19, 01:15 PM	#1
jimmbbo Run silent, run deep Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 225 Downloads: 59 Uploads: 0	Shallow water missions Do any of the forum commanders have a method to successfully complete shallow water search missions (e.g. Jawa/Java Sea or the southwestern South China Sea) where the depth below keel is often less than 100 feet? In those areas I find it nearly impossible to avoid the IJN DDs no matter how quiet I am, and have taken to either parking the sub within the search radius and using time compression to run out the clock or more recently by ignoring the assignment in favor of freelancing elsewhere to increase the renown points. If there's a shallow water tactical solution, it would be good to find it. My normal attack is to stop 90 degrees and 1000-2000 yards from the convoy course, firing the torpedoes and immediately submerging to 250 feet, and after passing the thermal layer crossing under the convoy track at 2-5 kt to use its noise as cover.