My first carrier!

airmanwilhelm20 · 08-22-10, 09:50 AM

This is a story about one unlucky japanese aircraft carrier, one lucky sub captin, and some really bad escorts.

I was deployed to the East China Sea and told to attack merchant shipping. After a couple small freighters (this was only 1941.) my radar called in a task force at long range. Since I needed some ships to complete my objective, I went for it. After lying in wait for a few boring days, a Hiryu fleet carrier shows up, her escorts nowhere in sight. I called in the contact and began to trail this lovely lady. Command tells me to attack at once. Four torpedoes away, four direct hits, and 16000 pound of japanese engineering goes to the bottom.

I still don't know what happened to the rest of the task force, or why this carrier had no escorts. What I do know though, was that for the rest of my patrol, wherever I went, airplanes still found me. I think that carrier was getting her revenge.

08-22-10, 10:06 AM

Congrats. As a newbie of sorts, I haven't even seen a carrier. I just started playing TMO 2.0. Don't mean to re-direct your thread, but could you tell me how you did this? "I called in the contact ..... Command tells me to attack at once."
Thanks.

WernherVonTrapp · 08-22-10, 10:35 AM

Way to go, airmanwilhelm20.

Yeah, I still remember my first carrier. Nothing beats the feeling of taking down a whole air force at sea, except, maybe, the Yamato.

cdrsubron7 · 08-22-10, 11:48 AM

Well done on the CV, sir. Could be a Navy Cross in the offering when you return from patrol.

airmanwilhelm20 · 08-22-10, 11:58 AM

Thanks for all the replies, your probably right, the Yamamoto would be cooler to sink. And jldjs, when your radar or sonar calls in a task force or a convoy and you see the first ship, lock onto it, hit f12, go to the second tab (the messages one) and there should be two buttons you could press, one for a status report being sent to command, and one for a contact report. Hit the one for contact report and wait. Command will either tell you to attack or disengage and continue with your mission. In my case it was attack at once for being a carrier.

airmanwilhelm20 · 08-22-10, 12:12 PM

And I just checked, and I did get a navy cross!

08-22-10, 02:06 PM

Very nice! I remember my first carrier. It was really a defining moment for me. Each time I sink a carrier now, I can't help but compare it to my first time... Wait, this is sounding too much like something else... I'm gonna stop.

08-22-10, 09:50 AM	#1
airmanwilhelm20 Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Somewhere in Nebraska. My GPS broke Posts: 8 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	My first carrier! This is a story about one unlucky japanese aircraft carrier, one lucky sub captin, and some really bad escorts. I was deployed to the East China Sea and told to attack merchant shipping. After a couple small freighters (this was only 1941.) my radar called in a task force at long range. Since I needed some ships to complete my objective, I went for it. After lying in wait for a few boring days, a Hiryu fleet carrier shows up, her escorts nowhere in sight. I called in the contact and began to trail this lovely lady. Command tells me to attack at once. Four torpedoes away, four direct hits, and 16000 pound of japanese engineering goes to the bottom. I still don't know what happened to the rest of the task force, or why this carrier had no escorts. What I do know though, was that for the rest of my patrol, wherever I went, airplanes still found me. I think that carrier was getting her revenge.

08-22-10, 10:35 AM	#3
WernherVonTrapp Admiral Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Now, alot farther from NYC. Posts: 2,228 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	Way to go, airmanwilhelm20. Yeah, I still remember my first carrier. Nothing beats the feeling of taking down a whole air force at sea, except, maybe, the Yamato. __________________ "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Miyamoto Musashi ------------------------------------------------------- "What is truth?" -Pontius Pilate

08-22-10, 11:48 AM	#4
cdrsubron7 Sink'em All Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Naperville, IL Posts: 2,150 Downloads: 305 Uploads: 1	Well done on the CV, sir. Could be a Navy Cross in the offering when you return from patrol. __________________ Head Deep and Keep'em Astern" - LtCDR Samuel D Dealy SHIV Guide \| Imperial Japanese Navy \| US Submarines

08-22-10, 11:58 AM	#5
airmanwilhelm20 Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Somewhere in Nebraska. My GPS broke Posts: 8 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thanks everybody Thanks for all the replies, your probably right, the Yamamoto would be cooler to sink. And jldjs, when your radar or sonar calls in a task force or a convoy and you see the first ship, lock onto it, hit f12, go to the second tab (the messages one) and there should be two buttons you could press, one for a status report being sent to command, and one for a contact report. Hit the one for contact report and wait. Command will either tell you to attack or disengage and continue with your mission. In my case it was attack at once for being a carrier.

08-22-10, 12:12 PM	#6
airmanwilhelm20 Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Somewhere in Nebraska. My GPS broke Posts: 8 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Also And I just checked, and I did get a navy cross!

08-22-10, 10:06 AM	#2
jldjs Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Congrats. As a newbie of sorts, I haven't even seen a carrier. I just started playing TMO 2.0. Don't mean to re-direct your thread, but could you tell me how you did this? "I called in the contact ..... Command tells me to attack at once." Thanks.

08-22-10, 02:06 PM	#7
Hans Uberman Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Very nice! I remember my first carrier. It was really a defining moment for me. Each time I sink a carrier now, I can't help but compare it to my first time... Wait, this is sounding too much like something else... I'm gonna stop.