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Old 04-03-07, 07:00 PM   #1
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How far are you guys in campaign? I was expected to be retired on after my 5th patrol. But low and behold im off to Mission 6 soon.

uss Grunion

Now I do expect to go after this one though.. We will see.
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Old 04-03-07, 07:03 PM   #2
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Im on patrol 8 out of Pearl. Im in the USS Tuna...Gato class. Just bagged 2 passenger liners with aft deck gun...a sweet 30,000+ tons All with a convoy on my radar to my starboard with 4 escorts coming at me about 10 nm away.

Needless to say I left the convoy alone and dove deep for a few hours in silent running.
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Old 04-04-07, 11:02 AM   #3
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I am on Patrol 8, but I'm getting rather bored, for the fourth trip in a row I am taking someone to Okinawa, prior to that I had three in a row passenger trips to the Philippines. Out of 8 patrols only 1 has been a standard "Go and sink something" patrol. I feel it should be the other way around, more "normal" patrols than special missions.
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Old 04-04-07, 11:07 AM   #4
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I am on Patrol 8, but I'm getting rather bored, for the fourth trip in a row I am taking someone to Okinawa, prior to that I had three in a row passenger trips to the Philippines. Out of 8 patrols only 1 has been a standard "Go and sink something" patrol. I feel it should be the other way around, more "normal" patrols than special missions.
Well, everything that you are being asked to do is what the submarine used to do in WW2. I have not had any repeat missions but dumping supplies and such is the way it was. Every mission I had I had to go and just sink things so that is what I do....it is the Silent Service and this is what they do
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Old 04-04-07, 11:13 AM   #5
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I am on Patrol 8, but I'm getting rather bored, for the fourth trip in a row I am taking someone to Okinawa, prior to that I had three in a row passenger trips to the Philippines. Out of 8 patrols only 1 has been a standard "Go and sink something" patrol. I feel it should be the other way around, more "normal" patrols than special missions.
ROFL and here I have the opposite problem. All I get are "go sink something" patrols off the S coast of Honshu
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Old 04-04-07, 12:22 PM   #6
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I'm taking my time with it all, savoring the moments. I usualy wait till I get a day with lots of spare time (like tonight!) and I do a patrol. My crew is on leave right now till we embark on our third patrol to the East China Sea...
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Old 04-04-07, 02:39 PM   #7
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Setting 73%.

6 patrols in , its Jan 43. Last patrol I sunk over 56,000tn, 3 large oil tankers and 6 other ships. My first Large oil tankers took 10 torps each to sink, this time, I was sitting between 2 lanes 1 tanker bow other stern. Bow tanker got all 6 and the aft one got all 4. Both exploded and sunk (Im not sure if its because I now set the torps to within 1.5mts of there draft).

I went after the 3rd Large oil tanker in the convoy and with only 1 torp reloaded I thought about not wasting it on a 10,000tn tanker. But I thought I may slow it down, so I got ahead of it and lay in wait. Right on here 90 I let her have it! Boom.. Splash died down and seconds later some flames and smoke, then BOOOM a fireball and up she went. 10,000tn Large Oil tanker with 1 torp. you can never tell if it will be 1 shot or 10.

But I have now got a total of over 250,000tns from my 6 missions.
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Old 04-04-07, 02:43 PM   #8
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I am on Patrol 8, but I'm getting rather bored, for the fourth trip in a row I am taking someone to Okinawa, prior to that I had three in a row passenger trips to the Philippines. Out of 8 patrols only 1 has been a standard "Go and sink something" patrol. I feel it should be the other way around, more "normal" patrols than special missions.
You can thank General MacArthur for that. He had a special spot in his heart for special missions to the Philippines. Lockwood did too, to a certain extent.
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MacArthur sure did a love affair with the Philippeans. I guess it was his paradise:hmm:
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Old 04-04-07, 06:25 PM   #10
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There is an historical precedent for a boat becoming a special ops specialist.

His Majesty's Submarine Seraph was used for several very important special ops, including landing General Mark Clark in North Africa for secret talks with the Vichy French, picking up the French General Giraud from Casablanca (for diplomatic reasons on this mission she became the USS Seraph) and dropping "The Man Who Never Was" in Spanish waters.
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Patrol 9 but I am only just reaching a year (Dec. 41, now Dec. 42) I wonder if retirement is based on time and not patrols?
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It's based on performance and time.
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Old 04-05-07, 03:37 AM   #13
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In my first career I was retired after 8 patrols and one year and half of campaign (Dec. 41-May 43).
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Old 04-05-07, 05:33 AM   #14
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Did you get an option to stay in combat?
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Old 04-05-07, 06:46 AM   #15
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In my case I never got the option to stay.

They told me in my last and best patrol that I was going to be mothballed with my boat

But then that I had a successful career as industrialist!

I have done 1 patrol than patched to 1.1 and completed other 7 patrols.
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