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WolfyBrandon · 11-15-21, 03:39 AM

U-957 Reporting In...

It's been a while, but now that I'm back on vacation I have the time to play again.

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The U-957 headed out for her second patrol on July 14th, 1941 at 1:45am, and returned back at Brest on July 29th, 1941 at 8:50pm.

Headed to Patrol Grid CG89 just west of the Strait of Gibraltar.

Managed to sink a few merchants on the journey headed south to the patrol grid.

After patrolling CG89 for 24 hours, moved into the the Straight and caught a large target headed west out of the straight...

Sadly the target turned out to be Neutral (Spain), so had to watch it pass.

July 25th, 1941 - Intercepted a convoy around 10:30pm in patrol grid CG88, got into position ahead of the convoy and let the lead destroyer pass overhead. Maneuvered to position near the center of the convoy and found a high priority target.

Tube 1 & 2... LOS!

Tube 1 impacted the forward magazine causing a massive explosion which turned out to be fatal.

Sank a few more merchants then dove to 90 meters with silent running and broke contact from the convoy before the escorts could locate me.

Did some calculations on the map and was able to re-intercept the same convoy again the following day.

Was able to sink both a CAM-Ship and Empire-type Freighter before having to evade the escorts who were not happy about being attacked for the second time.

After being rocked slightly from depth charges then listening to the escorts fade away on the hydrophone, I broke away and plotted the return trip home. Along the way the watch crew reported ship spotted which turned out to be a small allied merchant. Seeing it was unarmed I had the crew man the deck gun and use some high explosive rounds to send her to the bottom

Shortly after sinking the merchant and returning to the course headed home, the watch crew shouted "Aircraft Spotted!"

Damn, the merchant must have radioed in the surface attack, ALARM! Crash Dive!

Well looks like the survivors from the merchant will be taken care of. Waited a few hours then surfaced and continued the trip home.

July 28th, 1941 - Caught up to another merchant during the trip home, this time at night during a storm. Sent two torpedoes her way - both hit causing a quick sinking.

Returned back at Brest on July 29th, 1941 at 8:50pm (First Picture). It was a great patrol sinking 11 Merchants & 1 Light Cruiser for a total of 63,956 tons, and also received a few awards...

WolfyBrandon

11-15-21, 03:39 AM	#6021
WolfyBrandon Frogman Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: U-957: Patrol 05 In Progress... Posts: 306 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	U-957 Patrol 02 Complete U-957 Reporting In... It's been a while, but now that I'm back on vacation I have the time to play again. ----------------------------------------------------- The U-957 headed out for her second patrol on July 14th, 1941 at 1:45am, and returned back at Brest on July 29th, 1941 at 8:50pm. Headed to Patrol Grid CG89 just west of the Strait of Gibraltar. Managed to sink a few merchants on the journey headed south to the patrol grid. After patrolling CG89 for 24 hours, moved into the the Straight and caught a large target headed west out of the straight... Sadly the target turned out to be Neutral (Spain), so had to watch it pass. July 25th, 1941 - Intercepted a convoy around 10:30pm in patrol grid CG88, got into position ahead of the convoy and let the lead destroyer pass overhead. Maneuvered to position near the center of the convoy and found a high priority target. *Tube 1 & 2... LOS!* Tube 1 impacted the forward magazine causing a massive explosion which turned out to be fatal. Sank a few more merchants then dove to 90 meters with silent running and broke contact from the convoy before the escorts could locate me. Did some calculations on the map and was able to re-intercept the same convoy again the following day. Was able to sink both a CAM-Ship and Empire-type Freighter before having to evade the escorts who were not happy about being attacked for the second time. After being rocked slightly from depth charges then listening to the escorts fade away on the hydrophone, I broke away and plotted the return trip home. Along the way the watch crew reported ship spotted which turned out to be a small allied merchant. Seeing it was unarmed I had the crew man the deck gun and use some high explosive rounds to send her to the bottom Shortly after sinking the merchant and returning to the course headed home, the watch crew shouted "Aircraft Spotted!" Damn, the merchant must have radioed in the surface attack, ALARM! Crash Dive! Well looks like the survivors from the merchant will be taken care of. Waited a few hours then surfaced and continued the trip home. July 28th, 1941 - Caught up to another merchant during the trip home, this time at night during a storm. Sent two torpedoes her way - both hit causing a quick sinking. Returned back at Brest on July 29th, 1941 at 8:50pm (First Picture). It was a great patrol sinking 11 Merchants & 1 Light Cruiser for a total of 63,956 tons, and also received a few awards... WolfyBrandon __________________ [Current JSGME Mods Used In My Game] "Dave, you will always be remembered! R.I.P." U-759 Last edited by WolfyBrandon; 11-15-21 at 08:57 PM.