Shallow water escapes from DD's?

Rocks · 05-03-07, 02:41 PM

Hey guys

On my third tour, i got caught out by a pair of Mutsuki Destroyers in the shallow waters around Singapore when i was lining up a shot on a passenger liner.
(i pressed 5 instead of F4

)

Anyway needless to say i was in Deep S*** and shallow water...

No room to dive, no speed to escape and they were on top of me.

Tips?

AVGWarhawk · 05-03-07, 02:57 PM

Stay out of shallow water if you can! Sometimes that juicy target is just too dangerous.

Snuffy · 05-03-07, 03:02 PM

I got caught in the shallows by a pair of DDs.

I just dropped to the floor went dead and silent and sat it out.

After 2 hours of looking they gave up on me.

SteamWake · 05-03-07, 03:06 PM

Your lucky they dident run your butt over !

oh on the 5 thing... heh Ive done that too

another favorite is to hit the s instead of d

bobo · 05-03-07, 03:18 PM

To add to Snuffy's fine tactic.......If you find that they're already actively pinging you to begin with and are haulin butt on a CBDR course then they've found you. At that point the only thing you can do is go flank and evasive maneuvers. Check the chart and try to get to the next drop off if possible or, If you manage to survive a bit and get in their baffles go all stop/silent and coast to the sea floor gently. The chances of getting away while detected in shallow water is slim to none but not entirely impossible.

pocatellodave · 05-03-07, 05:21 PM

In his book Skipper Crider once followed his torps towards target to try and throw off "Cans" in the shallow water of the South China Sea.I don't remember if he shut down everything and sat on the bottom,but the Flasher survived.If I was a WWII submariner,I would curse my luck if my mission was to patrol in shallow water areas.My guess is that most submarines that were lost,were lost in shallow water.
Pocatellodave

FIREWALL · 05-05-07, 09:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rocks

Hey guys

On my third tour, i got caught out by a pair of Mutsuki Destroyers in the shallow waters around Singapore when i was lining up a shot on a passenger liner.
(i pressed 5 instead of F4

)

Anyway needless to say i was in Deep S*** and shallow water...

No room to dive, no speed to escape and they were on top of me.

Tips?

PRAY ?

05-03-07, 02:41 PM	#1
Rocks Bilge Rat Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Shallow water escapes from DD's? Hey guys On my third tour, i got caught out by a pair of Mutsuki Destroyers in the shallow waters around Singapore when i was lining up a shot on a passenger liner. (i pressed 5 instead of F4 ) Anyway needless to say i was in Deep S*** and shallow water... No room to dive, no speed to escape and they were on top of me. Tips?

05-03-07, 02:57 PM	#2
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Stay out of shallow water if you can! Sometimes that juicy target is just too dangerous. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

05-03-07, 03:02 PM	#3
Snuffy XO Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 420 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I got caught in the shallows by a pair of DDs. I just dropped to the floor went dead and silent and sat it out. After 2 hours of looking they gave up on me. __________________ ----------------- Snuffy!

05-03-07, 03:18 PM	#5
bobo Bosun Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 64 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	To add to Snuffy's fine tactic.......If you find that they're already actively pinging you to begin with and are haulin butt on a CBDR course then they've found you. At that point the only thing you can do is go flank and evasive maneuvers. Check the chart and try to get to the next drop off if possible or, If you manage to survive a bit and get in their baffles go all stop/silent and coast to the sea floor gently. The chances of getting away while detected in shallow water is slim to none but not entirely impossible. __________________ System Specs: HP xw8400 workstation Vista Enterprise 64bit 2x 3.00GHz dual core Xeon 6GB RAM Primary drive 4x 146GB 10k SAS Raid 0 Backup drive 2x 500GB SATA Raid 1 8800GTS Superclocked 320MB SBAudigy with 5.1 speaker setup HP 24inch Widescreen LCD

05-03-07, 03:06 PM	#4
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Your lucky they dident run your butt over ! oh on the 5 thing... heh Ive done that too another favorite is to hit the s instead of d

05-03-07, 05:21 PM	#6
pocatellodave Engineer Join Date: May 2005 Location: Pocatello,ID Posts: 203 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	In his book Skipper Crider once followed his torps towards target to try and throw off "Cans" in the shallow water of the South China Sea.I don't remember if he shut down everything and sat on the bottom,but the Flasher survived.If I was a WWII submariner,I would curse my luck if my mission was to patrol in shallow water areas.My guess is that most submarines that were lost,were lost in shallow water. Pocatellodave