First Sonar Kill. Exciting Stuff!

skookum · 01-19-09, 01:12 AM

Got my first blind sonar kill today.

Near the Marshall Islands in August '43. Fog rolled in and my sonar man calls out a merchant coming from the southeast. No hope in hell of seeing her in the pea soup so I start taking sonar fixes every three minutes. She was moving pretty good (14 knots) which left me little time to set up my attack. She crossed my bow at 1100 yards and I let a couple of fish go. A few seconds of silence and WHAM!!! Both eels hit dead on.

Surfaced and followed the last sound contact bearing till I made visual contact just in time to see her slip under.

I've played SH3 and SH4 for several years now. As yet nothing has been as satisfying than sinking that merchant today. Really cool.

01-19-09, 01:12 AM	#1
skookum Weps Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 351 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	First Sonar Kill. Exciting Stuff! Got my first blind sonar kill today. Near the Marshall Islands in August '43. Fog rolled in and my sonar man calls out a merchant coming from the southeast. No hope in hell of seeing her in the pea soup so I start taking sonar fixes every three minutes. She was moving pretty good (14 knots) which left me little time to set up my attack. She crossed my bow at 1100 yards and I let a couple of fish go. A few seconds of silence and WHAM!!! Both eels hit dead on. Surfaced and followed the last sound contact bearing till I made visual contact just in time to see her slip under. I've played SH3 and SH4 for several years now. As yet nothing has been as satisfying than sinking that merchant today. Really cool. __________________