Home base changed to Guam?

shoot-kill-win · 03-03-08, 10:22 PM

Right now I am running th add-on with RSRDC and I left Pearl Harbor in the Batfish heading towards Japan to insert secret agent. When I got don my home base of Pearl chenged to Guam, was there even a sub base at Guam in WWII? Because in the game Guam does not even have a dock modeled.

Shyzar · 03-03-08, 10:30 PM

I'm pretty sure there was a base in Guam if I remember correctly. I think it is mentioned in Silent Victory. I think it was pretty late in the war though. But don't take my word for it.

shoot-kill-win · 03-03-08, 10:42 PM

Yeah, it is December 1944 right now, and we are about to invade Iwo. So it might be so. I will google it. lol.

Edit: googled it and found out we did have one in 44 in Apra harbor, Guam.

jazman · 03-03-08, 10:45 PM

Guam had a sub base. Some crew members of Sea Fox were killed by Japs (in Feb '45), the island wasn't quite secure for a long time.

shoot-kill-win · 03-03-08, 11:28 PM

You know what, I just realized I should have known this. A subvet I talked to over the summer from WWII said that his sub was docked there once and that he and his crew mates were driving aorund the island, and found some beer out in the open so they took it. As they were driving back a Japanese sniper opened fire on them so they just started shooting back. That night they baried the beer in the sand (to keep it cool) tehn in the morning gave some to the capt. and they said dont ask where we got it from. This man was very nice and funny, he passed away last fall.

Torplexed · 03-04-08, 06:18 AM

There was another major shift of a US submarine base forward during the war. The Brisbane repair base was moved north to Subic Bay in the Phillipines in 1945. Most of the crews weren't too happy about moving from Australia to humid, unhealthy and desloate Subic Bay but it sure shortened the trip to Japan. By 1945 Brisbane was far behind the front lines.

snakeyez · 03-04-08, 08:37 AM

Is this something new, added in with the add-on? I've never been moved from Pearl Harbor to Guam before.

It would happen to you, shoot-kill-win. LOL

shoot-kill-win · 03-04-08, 04:38 PM

Yea, I just could not believe it since in game there is no port modelled there, just an island. However I am glad now, seeing as I am at the port one of the subvets I got to meet was stationed at.

03-03-08, 10:22 PM	#1
shoot-kill-win Medic Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 164 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Home base changed to Guam? Right now I am running th add-on with RSRDC and I left Pearl Harbor in the Batfish heading towards Japan to insert secret agent. When I got don my home base of Pearl chenged to Guam, was there even a sub base at Guam in WWII? Because in the game Guam does not even have a dock modeled. __________________ U.S.S. Batfish "The champion Submarine-killing sub of WWII" Official tonnage: 12,332 Sank 3 subs in 3 days

03-03-08, 10:30 PM	#2
Shyzar Engineer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Surrey, British Columbia Posts: 214 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	I'm pretty sure there was a base in Guam if I remember correctly. I think it is mentioned in Silent Victory. I think it was pretty late in the war though. But don't take my word for it. __________________ Since ancient times, there has never been a war that did not have a political character. -Máo Zédong Friction is the only concept that more or less corresponds to the factors that distinguish real war from war on paper. -Carl von Clausewitz

03-03-08, 10:42 PM	#3
shoot-kill-win Medic Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 164 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Yeah, it is December 1944 right now, and we are about to invade Iwo. So it might be so. I will google it. lol. Edit: googled it and found out we did have one in 44 in Apra harbor, Guam. __________________ U.S.S. Batfish "The champion Submarine-killing sub of WWII" Official tonnage: 12,332 Sank 3 subs in 3 days

03-03-08, 10:45 PM	#4
jazman Commander Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Crush Depth Posts: 449 Downloads: 50 Uploads: 0	Guam had a sub base. Some crew members of Sea Fox were killed by Japs (in Feb '45), the island wasn't quite secure for a long time. __________________ "The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him." -- Chesterton

03-03-08, 11:28 PM	#5
shoot-kill-win Medic Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 164 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	You know what, I just realized I should have known this. A subvet I talked to over the summer from WWII said that his sub was docked there once and that he and his crew mates were driving aorund the island, and found some beer out in the open so they took it. As they were driving back a Japanese sniper opened fire on them so they just started shooting back. That night they baried the beer in the sand (to keep it cool) tehn in the morning gave some to the capt. and they said dont ask where we got it from. This man was very nice and funny, he passed away last fall. __________________ U.S.S. Batfish "The champion Submarine-killing sub of WWII" Official tonnage: 12,332 Sank 3 subs in 3 days

03-04-08, 06:18 AM	#6
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	There was another major shift of a US submarine base forward during the war. The Brisbane repair base was moved north to Subic Bay in the Phillipines in 1945. Most of the crews weren't too happy about moving from Australia to humid, unhealthy and desloate Subic Bay but it sure shortened the trip to Japan. By 1945 Brisbane was far behind the front lines. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

03-04-08, 08:37 AM	#7
snakeyez Last Man Down Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mississippi, USA Posts: 242 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Is this something new, added in with the add-on? I've never been moved from Pearl Harbor to Guam before. It would happen to you, shoot-kill-win. LOL __________________ SUBMARINEMUSEUMS.ORG - These are the submarines in your neighborhood! Get involved, they need you. Doyle Blalock - the life of my WWII submarine veteran grandfather. Drum228.org - devoted to the Gato-class museum sub USS Drum (SS-228) complete with war patrol reports, historical info, and restoration progress.

03-04-08, 04:38 PM	#8
shoot-kill-win Medic Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 164 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Yea, I just could not believe it since in game there is no port modelled there, just an island. However I am glad now, seeing as I am at the port one of the subvets I got to meet was stationed at. __________________ U.S.S. Batfish "The champion Submarine-killing sub of WWII" Official tonnage: 12,332 Sank 3 subs in 3 days