Guided missile attack?
Sailfish, ex-Fremantle, on 5/16/42 @ 0325 at a position 405 km, 50 degrees from the central wharf at Balikpapan received two reports within the same minute. The first was a single incoming air contact, later determined to be a Pete, which was coming from the NE at a distance greater than 17.5 km. The second report was of the boat taking damage, accompanied by the usual sounds. The actual damage was to the AA and deck guns; there was no hull damage nor casualties. The boat had been surfaced and static for the preceding two hours.
We submerged for a minute, then surfaced to scan for a possible second plane we'd missed: nothing, except for IDing the incoming Pete, which soon attacked and missed.
Prior to this session, I had started the game from the .exe in File Manager as always, but it had opened in a flashing, separate tab on the taskbar. I closed it out and restarted; this session opened normally.
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