Mission end!

gloog · 02-25-10, 02:50 PM

Hi all

How often in real life do you think a mission ended without a contact, ie returning to base with no fuel and a full compliment of torpedoes?

Did this ever happenin the war?

It's just that I've completed my missions and am busy looking for some action, Feb 13th 1942 and I'm patrolling the southern Celebes Sea and the choke points at the eastern end without a single sighting. Running low on go juice too!
Perhaps the IJN have not decided to strike out in that direction as yet or maybe they've got intel that I'm in the area. I'll stick with the former suggestion.

If I wasn't low on fuel I'd take a hike up the east coast by Davao, perhaps a bit farther north.....low fuel though.

cheers!

jerm138 · 02-25-10, 03:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gloog

Hi all

How often in real life do you think a mission ended without a contact, ie returning to base with no fuel and a full compliment of torpedoes?

Did this ever happenin the war?

It's just that I've completed my missions and am busy looking for some action, Feb 13th 1942 and I'm patrolling the southern Celebes Sea and the choke points at the eastern end without a single sighting. Running low on go juice too!
Perhaps the IJN have not decided to strike out in that direction as yet or maybe they've got intel that I'm in the area. I'll stick with the former suggestion.

If I wasn't low on fuel I'd take a hike up the east coast by Davao, perhaps a bit farther north.....low fuel though.

cheers!

You're not running at Flank (or even Full) speed during your patrols are you? I made this mistake when I first started playing and my fuel wouldn't last long enough to see a contact.

Also, once you've completed the required amount of patrol time, if you feel like the area is dry, you can send a status report and then you will receive orders to patrol a different area. Maybe you'll get lucky and be assigned to a hot spot like the Luzon Straight.

magic452 · 02-26-10, 02:57 AM

Many captains did return home with a full load of fish and low fuel.

Shouldn't happen in the game. I assume you are out of Manila, so you should have plenty of fuel if you use it right.

Patrol on the surface at no more than 10 knots. Submerge only when necessary and only at low speed 3kn. or less for as little time as possible.
Full and flank speed and charging batteries eat fuel, use them only if necessary.

Magic

TH0R · 02-26-10, 03:05 AM

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Originally Posted by magic452

Shouldn't happen in the game. I assume you are out of Manila, so you should have plenty of fuel if you use it right.

Happened to me only once in SH4. On other patrols I always got at least one ship.

Dread Knot · 02-26-10, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by gloog

Hi all

How often in real life do you think a mission ended without a contact, ie returning to base with no fuel and a full compliment of torpedoes?

Did this ever happenin the war?

It happened a great deal towards the end of the war. The reason was a lack of targets. A lot of the boats commisioned in 1945 never got to sink a thing.

Jan Kyster · 02-26-10, 09:39 AM

You may be inspired by the real deal?

http://hnsa.org/doc/subreports.htm

A very nice collection of released War Patrol Reports...

02-25-10, 02:50 PM	#1
gloog Watch Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 15 Downloads: 48 Uploads: 0	Mission end! Hi all How often in real life do you think a mission ended without a contact, ie returning to base with no fuel and a full compliment of torpedoes? Did this ever happenin the war? It's just that I've completed my missions and am busy looking for some action, Feb 13th 1942 and I'm patrolling the southern Celebes Sea and the choke points at the eastern end without a single sighting. Running low on go juice too! Perhaps the IJN have not decided to strike out in that direction as yet or maybe they've got intel that I'm in the area. I'll stick with the former suggestion. If I wasn't low on fuel I'd take a hike up the east coast by Davao, perhaps a bit farther north.....low fuel though. cheers!

02-26-10, 02:57 AM	#3
magic452 Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Reno Nevada USA Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Many captains did return home with a full load of fish and low fuel. Shouldn't happen in the game. I assume you are out of Manila, so you should have plenty of fuel if you use it right. Patrol on the surface at no more than 10 knots. Submerge only when necessary and only at low speed 3kn. or less for as little time as possible. Full and flank speed and charging batteries eat fuel, use them only if necessary. Magic __________________ Reported lost 11 Feb. 1942 Signature by depthtok33l

02-26-10, 09:39 AM	#6
Jan Kyster Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,151 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	You may be inspired by the real deal? http://hnsa.org/doc/subreports.htm A very nice collection of released War Patrol Reports...