Sinking Sampans/Fishing Boats

Thrair · 10-08-10, 05:41 PM

If I take a route to an area that takes me near a coast, I will inevitably find small fishing type vessels. I have given up trying to get a torpedo to explode on these (what? I get bored, sometimes) and just place a few deck gun shots into them to sink the sobs before I continue on my merry way.

My question is this: Is it unrealistic to be sinking so many of these? I realize it was unrestricted submarine warfare, but would not many of the small fishing boats be civilians from islands the japanese had conquered? From what I understand, sub captains would sometimes sink Sampans and the like after verifying the crew were japanese (and usually giving them a chance to abandon ship). However, it seems to me that most of the japanese fishermen would actually be near Japan proper, and not on the conquered islands in the middle of the pacific.

10-08-10, 05:41 PM	#1
Thrair Helmsman Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 102 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Sinking Sampans/Fishing Boats If I take a route to an area that takes me near a coast, I will inevitably find small fishing type vessels. I have given up trying to get a torpedo to explode on these (what? I get bored, sometimes) and just place a few deck gun shots into them to sink the sobs before I continue on my merry way. My question is this: Is it unrealistic to be sinking so many of these? I realize it was unrestricted submarine warfare, but would not many of the small fishing boats be civilians from islands the japanese had conquered? From what I understand, sub captains would sometimes sink Sampans and the like after verifying the crew were japanese (and usually giving them a chance to abandon ship). However, it seems to me that most of the japanese fishermen would actually be near Japan proper, and not on the conquered islands in the middle of the pacific.