About Destroyers and Being Detected

Roumba · 08-08-09, 04:15 AM

In SHIII, with GWX 3.0, when I am lying in wait for a convoy, or sneaking away from a port, I am pinged by destroyers in situations that don't make sense to me.

I am running with silent engaged, 1 meter below periscope depth, at 2 knots (even when at a dead stop waiting for a convoy). Suddenly I get a message, "WE ARE BEING PINGED!" I have the idea that by sneaking like this, the only way for escorts to detect you is by pinging. If they don't know I am there in the first place, why should they ping empty ocean?

Do they see me just below the surface? Can I still be picked up on hydrophones?

I'm in a type IXB in 1939/40. Any help you guys can offer would be awesome.

08-08-09, 04:15 AM	#1
Roumba Swabbie Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 9 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	About Destroyers and Being Detected In SHIII, with GWX 3.0, when I am lying in wait for a convoy, or sneaking away from a port, I am pinged by destroyers in situations that don't make sense to me. I am running with silent engaged, 1 meter below periscope depth, at 2 knots (even when at a dead stop waiting for a convoy). Suddenly I get a message, "WE ARE BEING PINGED!" I have the idea that by sneaking like this, the only way for escorts to detect you is by pinging. If they don't know I am there in the first place, why should they ping empty ocean? Do they see me just below the surface? Can I still be picked up on hydrophones? I'm in a type IXB in 1939/40. Any help you guys can offer would be awesome.