Some Good Information

Sailor Steve · 01-18-12, 12:21 PM

Looking for answers to another topic I found this great bit of information from a book by Bud Gruner, who was not only captain of USS Skate but also technical advisor and supplier of information for SH1.
http://www.hnsa.org/doc/subsinpacific.htm

Did you know?

Only 1/3 of ships attacked actually sank.

US submarines were designed for a patrol lenght of 8 weeks, or 56 days. Three boats had patrols lasting 80 days or longer.

Average number of merchant sunk per war patrol: 0.8.

A lot of good stuff from someone who was there.

IonicRipper · 01-18-12, 02:01 PM

Very interesting, thanks for sharing Steve!

mido · 01-18-12, 02:11 PM

Thanks for this good piece of information!

john9001 · 01-18-12, 02:58 PM

"Only 1/3 of ships attacked actually sank"

glad to see i am historicaly accurate

pabbi · 01-18-12, 04:09 PM

I got this book back in 90 something when i bought SH 1 commanders edition.
It came with the manual. And yes there is a lot of good information in that book.

kstanb · 01-18-12, 05:09 PM

Interesting that in "Searching tactics" they do not mention sound detection via hydrophones, which is by far my preferred method of early war detection.

A question related to ST periscope radar : "The raised periscope was frequently used when on the surface to provide a higher "height-of-eye", and therefore greater detection range"

is it possible to do this in the game?

Hylander_1314 · 01-19-12, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Looking for answers to another topic I found this great bit of information from a book by Bud Gruner, who was not only captain of USS Skate but also technical advisor and supplier of information for SH1.
http://www.hnsa.org/doc/subsinpacific.htm

Did you know?

Only 1/3 of ships attacked actually sank.

US submarines were designed for a patrol lenght of 8 weeks, or 56 days. Three boats had patrols lasting 80 days or longer.

Average number of merchant sunk per war patrol: 0.8.

A lot of good stuff from someone who was there.

Thanks Steve! Cool info Sir!

01-18-12, 12:21 PM	#1
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Some Good Information Looking for answers to another topic I found this great bit of information from a book by Bud Gruner, who was not only captain of USS Skate but also technical advisor and supplier of information for SH1. http://www.hnsa.org/doc/subsinpacific.htm Did you know? Only 1/3 of ships attacked actually sank. US submarines were designed for a patrol lenght of 8 weeks, or 56 days. Three boats had patrols lasting 80 days or longer. Average number of merchant sunk per war patrol: 0.8. A lot of good stuff from someone who was there. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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IonicRipper Engineer Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 206 Downloads: 103 Uploads: 0	Very interesting, thanks for sharing Steve! __________________

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pabbi Subsim Overlord Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: On the top of the world Posts: 215 Downloads: 454 Uploads: 0	I got this book back in 90 something when i bought SH 1 commanders edition. It came with the manual. And yes there is a lot of good information in that book. __________________ On the top of the world

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mido Engineer Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Dominican Republic Posts: 203 Downloads: 191 Uploads: 1	Thanks for this good piece of information!

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john9001 Swabbie Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 11 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	"Only 1/3 of ships attacked actually sank" glad to see i am historicaly accurate

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kstanb Sparky Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 153 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	Interesting that in "Searching tactics" they do not mention sound detection via hydrophones, which is by far my preferred method of early war detection. A question related to ST periscope radar : "The raised periscope was frequently used when on the surface to provide a higher "height-of-eye", and therefore greater detection range" is it possible to do this in the game?