TMO Update BH V2.0+patches
USS Paddle - August/September 1944. 8th Patrol
Destination: Area 8 patrolling and anti-shipping actions.
Summary report (since I already finished last week)
Normal and uneventful travel to destination area. Area 8 didn't produce any kind of shipping during 2 weeks after arriving.
Convoy report out side the area but could not intercept do to distance.
When expanding the patrol route to more SW/SSW waters, a task force was detected, NE course, directly at my SW route.
Fast (18 knots), 6 ships, 2 light cruisers and one heavy; 3 destroyers ate front, port and starboard side.
Intercept: after radar contact, they were a NNE. Still viable attack, intercept course and do to the weather conditions, submerge night attack.
3 fan shot at the heavy cruiser with type 14, distance was not viable for type 18. After, changed course to exit the area and dive to 250 ft, silent running.
2 hits, no immediate sink but it stopped the ship. Escorts did some search patterns but never got me, possible do to the shooting distance.
After all was quite, return submerge and detected the heavy cruiser leaning to starboard. At +/- 1000 yards, near 5 a.m. shot a type 18 and the cruiser was sent to the depths.
After a few days with out any to report, a convoy was detected. 4 columns, 5 ships each; light escorts.
After intercept and going almost inside the port column, decided for a night submerge attack.
2 torpedos each ship of the inner column, and 2 aft torpedos shot at on ship, at 400 yards distance.
2 ships hit, convoy breaks loose. Decided to turn and stay inside the convoy, same original direction.
Escorts never looked inside (lead escort never change course or did ASW actions ?!).
Began to pick up the ships when they crossed my heading, shooting the near ones and reloading. 6 ships (2 tankers and 4 merchants went below)
All torpedoes expended, return to base. 7 ships sunk
Navy Cross and new command, but declined.
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