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Bubblehead1980 · 03-04-22, 02:32 AM

TMO Update V2.0
100 difficulty
Camera and Contacts on for this patrol.

Note: This is V2.0 of the update mod, which is final stages of testing. Certain patrol objectives do involve wolfpack operations, within the bounds of the sim of course. Some orders will require rendezvous with other subs, dispatch to certain area for coordinated attacks. Due to navigation errors I did not arrive in time to attack with the AI sub standing in for Herring after meeting up with them earlier in day on May 31, but found a couple hours after. One merchant was damaged and convoy had passed through the designated ambush area. Later after my own attacks, the convoys lone escort was dead in water with props and rudder blown off, about 7000 yards astern of the last ship. No other allied forces in area, thinking AI sub got some torpedo hits in.
Also testing out my new longer sinking times in V2.0, working great thus far.

This mission was created and added to campaign for testing in order to replicate Barb's real life Eighth War Patrol (first under Eugene B. Fluckey, her famous skipper) in the Sea of Okhotsk . Used several resources including Admiral Fluckey's excellent memoir "Thunder Below!" , BARB's actual patrol reports, and other resources. These patrols will be in V2.0 as single patrols in addition to the career but modified for career to work with any boat, not just the BARB.(Would be weird to be in the Silversides in a career and get referred to on radio as Barb lol, immersion killer).

1944 -

May 31
________

0037 Received reply from HERRING regarding rendezvous at 1000 hours.
GOLET had yet to reply.

0714 Iceberg sighted bearing 330 six miles.
47-48N 152-11E

0850 SJ contact 349 14470 yards. Contact believed to be HERRING OR GOLET as near rendezvous point.
Began cautious approach. (Ship Contact No.2)

0929 Dive. Decided to conduct submerged approach due to low visibility.

0940 Received ULTRA and ACTION for BARB, HERRING< GOLET for coordinated attack. Convoy departed
MATSUWA this morning at 0630. G

0955 Confirmed contact is HERRING. Surfaced.

1000- Conducted meeting regarding coordinated attack. GOLET failed to acknowledge message or
1030 make rendezvous.

1400 Did not locate convoy at expected location. Set search course along
Matsuwa-La Perouse line at 18 kts.

1438 HERRING reported contact and attacking convoy.
Set course 220 to intercept.

1557 SJ contact bearing 318 27955 yards. (Ship Contact No.3)
Four pips. Set pursuit course.

1630 Smoke sighted bearing 280. GENERAL QUARTERS-TORPEDO-SUBMERGED

1640 Submerged for attack. Went to depth 350 ft for high speed range to close for firing.

1705 Periscope depth. During ascent to periscope depth, convoy zigged to 205 away from BARB.
Convoy is three AK with one frigate or MS type escort. One AK in rear appears damaged, likely from
HERRING's earlier attack. AK has large hole aft and stack and slight list.

1725 Convoy zigged back towards BARB. Closed at high speed at 250 ft.

1740 At periscope depth, convoy zigged further away.

1750 Secured GQ. Due to radical zig making obtaining a suitable submerged attack position unlikely. Decided to trail convoy until dark for night surface attack.

1805 Surfaced. Shadowed convoy at range of eleven miles off port side.
Contact Report sent to COMSUBPAC and for action to HERRING, GOLET.

1900 Convoy zigs roughly every 10-15 minutes, radically.

2355 GENERAL QUARTERS-TORPEDO-SURFACE

June 1
_______

TORPEDO ATTACK NO.1

0100 Astern of convoy at 6000 yards, awaited next zig to close in for attack.

0104 Convoy zigged, moved for attack.

0119 Readied all bow tubes. No.1-6

0123 Fired tubes 1,2,3. at lead AK KOTO MARU. Range 2550 yards.

0124 Torpedoes 1,2,3 all hit target. Large explosions. Vessel began to settle in water.

During turn away from convoy came under heavy fire from merchants. BARB illuminated by star shells.
Escort attempted to chase but did not have speed to catch BARB.

0130 AK KOTO MARU 4466 tons sunk at 47-54N 151-29E.

TORPEDO ATTACK NO.2

0212 Closing on AK MADRAS MARU

0216 Fired tubes 4,5,6 at AK MADRAS MARU. Range 2000 yards.
Torpedo (Tube 6) went on erratic track to port. Likely gyro failure.
Other two torpedoes ran hot, straight, and normal.

0217 Two torpedoes hit MADRAS MARU. Large fire visible, vessel lost water,
settled in water.

During turn away came under intense machine gun fire from MADRAS MARU.Escort about 4000 yards away hunting, closed in at high speed. Area illuminated with star shells. BARB turned away to evade closing escort. Several shells splashed ahead abut 100 yards from escort.

0232 MADRAS MARU dead in water.

0233 Forward tubes ordered reloaded.

TORPEDO ATTACK NO. 2-A

0302 Fired Tube No.1 at MADRAS MARU. Range 5200 yards.

0306 Enemy escort bearing 304 dropping depth charges. Explosions heard, water columns from explosions observed at 5000 yards.

0307 Torpedo impact!

0308 MADRAS MARU sinking. Opened range to 10000 yards. Stopped.
Fog lifted, with moonlight and phosphorescence, further surface action
not possible. Early arctic dawn approaching in less than two hours.
Secured GQ, finished torpedo reload, allow crew to stand easy.
Waited for pip of MADRAS MARU to disappear, if does not, will approach to finish off Once vessel sinks, will end around to finish off the remaining AK, previously damaged by HERRING. No word from HERRING nor GOLET in response to contact report.

0318 Pip disappeared. Visually observed MADRAS MARU 3790 tons sink at 47-54N 151-27E

0430 Dawn breaking, moving for end around.

0711 Regained SJ contact after end around.
SJ contacts bearing 339 28544 yards.

TORPEDO ATTACK NO.3

0715 GENERAL QUARTERS-TORPEDO-SUBMERGED

0725 Smoke sighted ahead bearing 000. Convoy closing BARB. Submerged for attack.

0742 AK zigged away to SSE course. AK is RYUSEI MARU, previously damaged by HERRING.

0815 AK zigged back towards BARB. Heard distant explosions. Escort not in sight, possibly attacking (or being attack!) by HERRING/GOLET

0834 "Crossed the T" of the AK for stern shot.

0842 Fired Tubes 7,8,9 at RYUSEI MARU. Range 928 yards.

0843 Torpedoes

0844 Torpedo 1(Tube 7) hit the bow, Torpedo 2(Tube 8) missed just ahead, Torpedo 3(Tube 9) hit
bow of target. Adjusted TDC speed to 5 knots and fired Tube 10.

0845 Torpedo hit target amidships.

0846 Target one fire, sinking by her bow.

0854 RYUSEI MARU 6538 tons sunk at 47-56 N 151-01 E

0855 Surfaced. Lone SJ pip bearing 240, presumed to be escort. Set course 150 to close.

0904 Spotted escort stationary/dead in water at 1252 yards.
Submerged for approach and attack.

1054 Periscope depth. Target at 9000 yards appears dead in water, difficult to ascertain in fog.
Returned 100 ft for approach, rigged for silent running.

1135 Thermal layer at 100 ft. Set depth for 105 ft.

1140 Sound has noises of escort ahead. Escort is stationary.

1230 Escort dead in water at 6000 yards, bearing 000.
Returned to 105 ft for approach.

1332 Tubes 3,4,5,6 made ready to fire.

1333 Vessel identified as a Shimushu Class Escort Vessel.

1344 Periscope depth.

1350 Fired Tube 3 at Shimushu Class Escort (Type A) . Range 1600 yards.

1352 Torpedo ran below vessel. Secured GQ, went to 100 ft.
Vessel's propulsion obviously disabled (external cam shows props and rudder blown off, surely by AI sub aka HERRING's torpedoes) decided would surface after dark and use deck gun to sink vessel, in lieu of possibly wasting more torpedoes on shallow draft vessel.

GUN ACTION NO.1

2247 GENERAL QUARTERS-BATTLE SURFACE-GUN ACTION

2344 Surfaced.

2346 Opened fire range 6500 yards.

2347 Hit

2348 Direct hit amidships. Large explosion and cloud of flames short into air, engulfing entire vessel.

2349- Scored multiple hits on target. Target burning bow to stern.
2356

2356 Ceased fire. Target on fire bow to stern, sinking.

03-04-22, 02:32 AM	#41
Bubblehead1980 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Florida USA Posts: 6,922 Downloads: 550 Uploads: 42	USS BARB SS-220 31 May 1944-Wolfpack action, Entire convoy sunk. TMO Update V2.0 100 difficulty Camera and Contacts on for this patrol. Note: This is V2.0 of the update mod, which is final stages of testing. Certain patrol objectives do involve wolfpack operations, within the bounds of the sim of course. Some orders will require rendezvous with other subs, dispatch to certain area for coordinated attacks. Due to navigation errors I did not arrive in time to attack with the AI sub standing in for Herring after meeting up with them earlier in day on May 31, but found a couple hours after. One merchant was damaged and convoy had passed through the designated ambush area. Later after my own attacks, the convoys lone escort was dead in water with props and rudder blown off, about 7000 yards astern of the last ship. No other allied forces in area, thinking AI sub got some torpedo hits in. Also testing out my new longer sinking times in V2.0, working great thus far. This mission was created and added to campaign for testing in order to replicate Barb's real life Eighth War Patrol (first under Eugene B. Fluckey, her famous skipper) in the Sea of Okhotsk . Used several resources including Admiral Fluckey's excellent memoir "Thunder Below!" , BARB's actual patrol reports, and other resources. These patrols will be in V2.0 as single patrols in addition to the career but modified for career to work with any boat, not just the BARB.(Would be weird to be in the Silversides in a career and get referred to on radio as Barb lol, immersion killer). 1944 - May 31 ________ 0037 Received reply from HERRING regarding rendezvous at 1000 hours. GOLET had yet to reply. 0714 Iceberg sighted bearing 330 six miles. 47-48N 152-11E 0850 SJ contact 349 14470 yards. Contact believed to be HERRING OR GOLET as near rendezvous point. Began cautious approach. (Ship Contact No.2) 0929 Dive. Decided to conduct submerged approach due to low visibility. 0940 Received ULTRA and ACTION for BARB, HERRING< GOLET for coordinated attack. Convoy departed MATSUWA this morning at 0630. G 0955 Confirmed contact is HERRING. Surfaced. 1000- Conducted meeting regarding coordinated attack. GOLET failed to acknowledge message or 1030 make rendezvous. 1400 Did not locate convoy at expected location. Set search course along Matsuwa-La Perouse line at 18 kts. 1438 HERRING reported contact and attacking convoy. Set course 220 to intercept. 1557 SJ contact bearing 318 27955 yards. (Ship Contact No.3) Four pips. Set pursuit course. 1630 Smoke sighted bearing 280. GENERAL QUARTERS-TORPEDO-SUBMERGED 1640 Submerged for attack. Went to depth 350 ft for high speed range to close for firing. 1705 Periscope depth. During ascent to periscope depth, convoy zigged to 205 away from BARB. Convoy is three AK with one frigate or MS type escort. One AK in rear appears damaged, likely from HERRING's earlier attack. AK has large hole aft and stack and slight list. 1725 Convoy zigged back towards BARB. Closed at high speed at 250 ft. 1740 At periscope depth, convoy zigged further away. 1750 Secured GQ. Due to radical zig making obtaining a suitable submerged attack position unlikely. Decided to trail convoy until dark for night surface attack. 1805 Surfaced. Shadowed convoy at range of eleven miles off port side. Contact Report sent to COMSUBPAC and for action to HERRING, GOLET. 1900 Convoy zigs roughly every 10-15 minutes, radically. 2355 GENERAL QUARTERS-TORPEDO-SURFACE June 1 _______ TORPEDO ATTACK NO.1 0100 Astern of convoy at 6000 yards, awaited next zig to close in for attack. 0104 Convoy zigged, moved for attack. 0119 Readied all bow tubes. No.1-6 0123 Fired tubes 1,2,3. at lead AK KOTO MARU. Range 2550 yards. 0124 Torpedoes 1,2,3 all hit target. Large explosions. Vessel began to settle in water. During turn away from convoy came under heavy fire from merchants. BARB illuminated by star shells. Escort attempted to chase but did not have speed to catch BARB. 0130 AK KOTO MARU 4466 tons sunk at 47-54N 151-29E. TORPEDO ATTACK NO.2 0212 Closing on AK MADRAS MARU 0216 Fired tubes 4,5,6 at AK MADRAS MARU. Range 2000 yards. Torpedo (Tube 6) went on erratic track to port. Likely gyro failure. Other two torpedoes ran hot, straight, and normal. 0217 Two torpedoes hit MADRAS MARU. Large fire visible, vessel lost water, settled in water. During turn away came under intense machine gun fire from MADRAS MARU.Escort about 4000 yards away hunting, closed in at high speed. Area illuminated with star shells. BARB turned away to evade closing escort. Several shells splashed ahead abut 100 yards from escort. 0232 MADRAS MARU dead in water. 0233 Forward tubes ordered reloaded. TORPEDO ATTACK NO. 2-A 0302 Fired Tube No.1 at MADRAS MARU. Range 5200 yards. 0306 Enemy escort bearing 304 dropping depth charges. Explosions heard, water columns from explosions observed at 5000 yards. 0307 Torpedo impact! 0308 MADRAS MARU sinking. Opened range to 10000 yards. Stopped. Fog lifted, with moonlight and phosphorescence, further surface action not possible. Early arctic dawn approaching in less than two hours. Secured GQ, finished torpedo reload, allow crew to stand easy. Waited for pip of MADRAS MARU to disappear, if does not, will approach to finish off Once vessel sinks, will end around to finish off the remaining AK, previously damaged by HERRING. No word from HERRING nor GOLET in response to contact report. 0318 Pip disappeared. Visually observed MADRAS MARU 3790 tons sink at 47-54N 151-27E 0430 Dawn breaking, moving for end around. 0711 Regained SJ contact after end around. SJ contacts bearing 339 28544 yards. TORPEDO ATTACK NO.3 0715 GENERAL QUARTERS-TORPEDO-SUBMERGED 0725 Smoke sighted ahead bearing 000. Convoy closing BARB. Submerged for attack. 0742 AK zigged away to SSE course. AK is RYUSEI MARU, previously damaged by HERRING. 0815 AK zigged back towards BARB. Heard distant explosions. Escort not in sight, possibly attacking (or being attack!) by HERRING/GOLET 0834 "Crossed the T" of the AK for stern shot. 0842 Fired Tubes 7,8,9 at RYUSEI MARU. Range 928 yards. 0843 Torpedoes 0844 Torpedo 1(Tube 7) hit the bow, Torpedo 2(Tube 8) missed just ahead, Torpedo 3(Tube 9) hit bow of target. Adjusted TDC speed to 5 knots and fired Tube 10. 0845 Torpedo hit target amidships. 0846 Target one fire, sinking by her bow. 0854 RYUSEI MARU 6538 tons sunk at 47-56 N 151-01 E 0855 Surfaced. Lone SJ pip bearing 240, presumed to be escort. Set course 150 to close. 0904 Spotted escort stationary/dead in water at 1252 yards. Submerged for approach and attack. 1054 Periscope depth. Target at 9000 yards appears dead in water, difficult to ascertain in fog. Returned 100 ft for approach, rigged for silent running. 1135 Thermal layer at 100 ft. Set depth for 105 ft. 1140 Sound has noises of escort ahead. Escort is stationary. 1230 Escort dead in water at 6000 yards, bearing 000. Returned to 105 ft for approach. 1332 Tubes 3,4,5,6 made ready to fire. 1333 Vessel identified as a Shimushu Class Escort Vessel. 1344 Periscope depth. 1350 Fired Tube 3 at Shimushu Class Escort (Type A) . Range 1600 yards. 1352 Torpedo ran below vessel. Secured GQ, went to 100 ft. Vessel's propulsion obviously disabled (external cam shows props and rudder blown off, surely by AI sub aka HERRING's torpedoes) decided would surface after dark and use deck gun to sink vessel, in lieu of possibly wasting more torpedoes on shallow draft vessel. GUN ACTION NO.1 2247 GENERAL QUARTERS-BATTLE SURFACE-GUN ACTION 2344 Surfaced. 2346 Opened fire range 6500 yards. 2347 Hit 2348 Direct hit amidships. Large explosion and cloud of flames short into air, engulfing entire vessel. 2349- Scored multiple hits on target. Target burning bow to stern. 2356 2356 Ceased fire. Target on fire bow to stern, sinking.