Circle runnin' torps!

nikimcbee · 02-07-09, 05:07 AM

I just had my first wild torp (mk14). I just about pissed my pants when I was watching the little movie screen and my torp passed above and behind my conning tower!

I hit flank and crash dived.

It was creepy, because I just read the book about the Tang and I was wondering if it would ever happen to me.

I'm glad I wasn't on the surface when it happened.

GeoffBelding · 02-07-09, 05:33 AM

I had a mk 18 do the same thing, even with the option of dud torpedoes turned OFF.

I stayed at periscope depth, stationary, and it didn't hit me.

Very strange.

Hmuda · 02-07-09, 07:19 AM

Only happened to me once. That's when I blessed my screenshot taking mania. I had external camera on to watch the resulting explosion when I saw one of my torps overturning the designated angle. An immediate crash dive saved my ass.

In real life, I would have given hell to the higher ends for ther inaction about faulty torpedos after the partol, regadless of the consequences.

The Fishlord · 02-07-09, 08:46 AM

I had it happen with one of the good old Mk10s! I was attacking one of the landing forces in the Philippines Sea. At periscope depth one of them circled to port and passed right behind the conning tower, I crash dived. When I followed the torpedo even more I realized if I hadn't it would have run smack into the tower.

Tweety · 02-07-09, 12:30 PM

I had a torpedo circle around. I was looking at the attack map and I noticed the torpedo coming right at me, so I hit back emergency. The torpedo just missed my bow.
I heard that this can happen. I didn't think it happened to me. I was lucky on that patrol. I just wished the torpedo would hit something, it didn't.

02-07-09, 05:07 AM	#1
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Circle runnin' torps! I just had my first wild torp (mk14). I just about pissed my pants when I was watching the little movie screen and my torp passed above and behind my conning tower! I hit flank and crash dived. It was creepy, because I just read the book about the Tang and I was wondering if it would ever happen to me. I'm glad I wasn't on the surface when it happened. __________________

02-07-09, 05:33 AM	#2
GeoffBelding Seaman Join Date: May 2007 Location: Hampshire, England Posts: 41 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Circle of Death I had a mk 18 do the same thing, even with the option of dud torpedoes turned OFF. I stayed at periscope depth, stationary, and it didn't hit me. Very strange.

02-07-09, 07:19 AM	#3
Hmuda Electrician's Mate Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 133 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	Only happened to me once. That's when I blessed my screenshot taking mania. I had external camera on to watch the resulting explosion when I saw one of my torps overturning the designated angle. An immediate crash dive saved my ass. In real life, I would have given hell to the higher ends for ther inaction about faulty torpedos after the partol, regadless of the consequences. __________________

02-07-09, 08:46 AM	#4
The Fishlord Planesman Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Maryland, USA Posts: 185 Downloads: 119 Uploads: 0	I had it happen with one of the good old Mk10s! I was attacking one of the landing forces in the Philippines Sea. At periscope depth one of them circled to port and passed right behind the conning tower, I crash dived. When I followed the torpedo even more I realized if I hadn't it would have run smack into the tower.

02-07-09, 12:30 PM	#5
Tweety Planesman Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 188 Downloads: 157 Uploads: 0	I had a torpedo circle around. I was looking at the attack map and I noticed the torpedo coming right at me, so I hit back emergency. The torpedo just missed my bow. I heard that this can happen. I didn't think it happened to me. I was lucky on that patrol. I just wished the torpedo would hit something, it didn't.