The Greatest and Shortest Career

Tronics · 05-31-07, 11:54 AM

1st Patrol was with the Swordfish, sank some 50k+ tons.

2nd patrol was with the Swordfish, sank two merchants, plus almost sank the Swordfish with a circling torpedo - see screenshot section.

3rd Patrol: puttering around with the Swordfish, ran across the Taiho in a task force (I usually try to avoid unless they have nice targets of opportunity), sank her with a staggering eight torpedos, sank entire destroyer escort and a cruiser. - Congressional Medal of Honor.

4th Patrol: Comissioned the USS Drum, landed supplies on Luzon, floated around a bit by the lowermost home islands, intercepted and sank 1 large liner, 4 old passenger liner troopships and 2-3 solo merchants... managed another Congressional Medal of Honor.

Patrol 5: (March 1941) USS DRUM retired from service for being 'obsolete', 2x Medal of Honor Skipper mothballed as well for 'unimpressive performance'.

Go USN.

Also those liners sink entirely too quick, of the four I sank 3 with single torpedo's and they sank literally within seconds...however one took about four torpedos. Bad older ship maintence on the Japanese part?

05-31-07, 11:54 AM	#1
Tronics A-ganger Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 78 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	The Greatest and Shortest Career 1st Patrol was with the Swordfish, sank some 50k+ tons. 2nd patrol was with the Swordfish, sank two merchants, plus almost sank the Swordfish with a circling torpedo - see screenshot section. 3rd Patrol: puttering around with the Swordfish, ran across the Taiho in a task force (I usually try to avoid unless they have nice targets of opportunity), sank her with a staggering eight torpedos, sank entire destroyer escort and a cruiser. - Congressional Medal of Honor. 4th Patrol: Comissioned the USS Drum, landed supplies on Luzon, floated around a bit by the lowermost home islands, intercepted and sank 1 large liner, 4 old passenger liner troopships and 2-3 solo merchants... managed another Congressional Medal of Honor. Patrol 5: (March 1941) USS DRUM retired from service for being 'obsolete', 2x Medal of Honor Skipper mothballed as well for 'unimpressive performance'. Go USN. Also those liners sink entirely too quick, of the four I sank 3 with single torpedo's and they sank literally within seconds...however one took about four torpedos. Bad older ship maintence on the Japanese part?