New Career Started Already

Yes, I messed up. Patrol off of Guam's western side, found a base there, tried a sneak-in at PD and found out that there's a few rocks a tad too high there. Minor damage, but still workable.

Did manage to sink a ship at the dock, and that patrol craft never found me.

Turned north to get back into deep waters (still at PD) and found that someone put a large ROCK right in my way. Damn those rocks.

"Yes, sir, the operation was a complete success, but unfortunately, the doctor died." :rotfl:

[SteamWake]

Thats weird, the rocks are... uh... cosmetic.

You sure you dident hit something a little more destructive such as a mine or subnet or run aground?

Anyhow good luck on your next carrer.

Originally Posted by SteamWake

Thats weird, the rocks are... uh... cosmetic.

You sure you dident hit something a little more destructive such as a mine or subnet or run aground?

Anyhow good luck on your next carrer.

I had the outside camera off, but you're probably correct - might have run aground, scrapping the bottom. That'll do the damage, you bet.

[peabody]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

Thats weird, the rocks are... uh... cosmetic.

You sure you dident hit something a little more destructive such as a mine or subnet or run aground?

Anyhow good luck on your next carrer.

Apparently not all the rocks are cosmetic. I hit one in a side channel off the Pearl Harbor entrance and I was surfaced. Went to external camera and followed my wake back and the only thing there was a boulder just below the surface, and no shallow spot to run aground. Of course if I wasn't so nosy I wouldn't have been in that channel.

Peabody

[buddha95]

Those rocks sure can be pesky. I got a program on my desktop that helps me get my rocks off.

Originally Posted by peabody

Apparently not all the rocks are cosmetic. I hit one in a side channel off the Pearl Harbor entrance and I was surfaced. Went to external camera and followed my wake back and the only thing there was a boulder just below the surface, and no shallow spot to run aground. Of course if I wasn't so nosy I wouldn't have been in that channel.

Peabody

Well, that might have been what did me in then, still not certain. Just goes to show that submerging in shallow waters isn't always the best thing one can do.

Guess I'll know better for the next time.

"Experience is a great teacher. Too bad that she kills off all of her students."

[SteamWake]

Heres a question for you...

How did you order the 'dive' ? Press 'D'? Order Crash dive?

Either of those will slam you into the bottom seems the sailors follow orders to a fault... good little sailors :p

In shallow waters I will order periscope depth 'P' and once under check the water beneath the keel and set depth manually by clicking on the depth gauge.

Originally Posted by SteamWake

Heres a question for you...

How did you order the 'dive' ? Press 'D'? Order Crash dive?

Either of those will slam you into the bottom seems the sailors follow orders to a fault... good little sailors :p

In shallow waters I will order periscope depth 'P' and once under check the water beneath the keel and set depth manually by clicking on the depth gauge.

Yeah it was P in deep waters, then crawled in at PD to get in close (took several 'game' hours to get there at 1/3). Never checked the depth under keel, and that's what caught me.

Odd thing was that the really shallow area that killed me wasn't near the shore - it was a mile or so offshore. Must have been a coral ridge or something like that. Argh!