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ElAurens · 03-31-07, 01:10 PM

From the Log of USS Shark.

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December 25, 1941. USS Shark, Lt. Cmdr. ElAurens commanding.

This morning we sank an Agano class light cruiser with our last two torpedos. This boosted the men's spirits some. Our joy at the sinking was short lived however, as we now know that Manilla has fallen, as has Singapore. The Japs seem to be everywhere, all at once. We are making for Freemantle, Australia, the closest port we have that is safe.

The sea is a lonely place at Christmas time. The men are carrying on with their duties, and are determined to beat the Japs all the way back to Tokyo, but they know, as do I, that this is not the last Christmas we will spend at sea...

DeePsix501 · 03-31-07, 03:05 PM

Patrol Report: 25 January 1942 – 17 Feburary 1942
USS Triton (SS-201)

Objective: USS Triton is to depart Pearl Harbor on 25 January for 165E 7N, just west of the Marshall Islands, and patrol. Report any enemy contacts.

25 January 1942 – Departed docks in Pearl Harbor at around 0800. Set course SSW to the Marshall Islands. Planned to pass south of the islands and come back north to my patrol sector. Weather looks promising, clear crisp January day. Crew is in high spirits after making it back from first patrol in time for New Years. They seem eager to give it back to the Japs after what happened on the 7th of last month. The island is still pretty shaken up about it.

29 January 1942 – Clear weather held until tonight. We are approximately 2/3 of the way to the Marshall Islands. At around 1800 wind and waves began to pick up and we have been bucking some pretty high seas. Despite rough swells, we plan to arrive on time to patrol sector. We run crash dive drills to keep the men on their toes.

1 February 1942 – We arrive at our patrol location west of the Marshal Islands on time. The sea is still pretty rough. No contacts as of yet. Will continue running patrol pattern.

2 February 1942 – At 0100 we picked up a contact bearing 090, closing south towards us. Set new course northwards and rushed to intercept. At 0252, visual contact is made. Watch identifies it as a friendly freighter. I confirm. Disappointedly return south to our patrol sector and send a status report to COMSUBPAC. I am unhappy with patrols productivity.

3 February 1942 – Patrol orders are completed. After discussion with my officers we decide the best place to hunt for merchant traffic is off the coast of Guam and Siapan, which lies to our west. We radio COMSUBPAC and the give us the green light to commence patrolling off coast of Guam. We set course so slide south of the islands and ring around north once we pass them to patrol the western coasts of Guam.

5-6 February 1942 - At around 2334 we get a contact report not far west of Guam, 145E, 14N. We plot intercept course. At 14:01 on the 16th we make visual contact with a ship bearing 347. We dive to periscope depth and begin to observe. We identify it as a medium modern composite freighter. We close distance and continue to observe. At 14:13 we line up a three torpedo salvo. Fire each with 5 degree spread. Two out of the three hit, one explodes prematurely. Target rolls to starboard and sinks.

We surface and continue north. At 17:13 we get another contact and plot intercept course. We make visual contact at 18:23 and we dive to periscope to avoid being silhouetted by the setting sun. After a few minutes of observation we identify her as a Medium Euro Composite Freighter and line up a firing solution. At 18:39 we fire another 3 torpedo salvo. Two hit, one miss. Ship explodes violently into flames and sinks.

We then surface and continue patrol. Just as darkness covers the sea we make visual contact with two more coastal freighters going from Siapan to Guam. We identify lead ship as a coastal freighter and rear one as a large old split freighter – which is exceptionally rusty and old looking. From our current position we really don’t have a shot on the lead ship, so we line up a four torpedo spread on the large split freighter. We fire salvo at 2315, three explosions. She sinks and we stay submerged till clear of other ship.

7 February 1942 – At 12:42 we are forced to crash dive by a large Jap search plane, probably from Guam. We continue submerged till nightfall.

8 February 1942 – At 0900 near Siapan, we make visual contact with a small freighter. Initial visual inspection is suspicious. We see large structures on the fore and aft decks which possibly could be deck guns of some sort. We think it might be a Q ship of some sort, so we dive as a precaution and continue to observe. As we draw closer we observe that it is in fact not a Q ship. We line up our last two forward torpedoes and fire at about 800m. One hits and the ship tries to limp away. We surface and finish her off with the deck gun. At around 1200 fuel is running low for return along with torpedoes and provision. We plot course back to pearl. At 1500 search plane forces us under till nightfall.

9 February 1942 – Nearing friendly waters. Friendly task forces pass by us on our way back. Haze and fog limits visibility. As a precaution we run underwater most of the day. Once we past 170E Longitude we should be home free.

13-14 February 1942 - Storms North of Marshall islands slowing progress. Continue running under water to avoid bucking heavy seas.

17 February 1942 – 0800 Dock at Pearl Harbor. The crew is again in high spirits. We ran into no escorts and suffered no casualties. We sunk four merchant ships on this patrol bringing our total to 7 enemy merchants sunk.

munfis · 03-31-07, 03:56 PM

First time out, from manilla, 1941. Steaming along at PD, when my computer has a fit. I know this means ive just run across a bunch of ships, so i run up the scope and have a look around. A large japanise convoy is coming along nicely, but it appears to have a lot of escorts...

Woah, its a task force, and there is something HUGE in there...

Yamamato...

Wow...

Line up shot, FIRE! all forward tubes, flank speed, hard left, line up stern tubes and; FIRE! again.

8 hits, 7 detonations, one hell of an explosion...

One less super-battleship

I love this game!

ElAurens · 03-31-07, 05:01 PM

A Yamato off the Phillipines in 1941?

Ummm......

badaboom · 03-31-07, 05:21 PM

Trouble aboard the USS PERMIT,I ordered the boat ahead 1/3!.....nothing......I yell ahead 2/3!!......still no movement........finally AHEAD STANDARD!!!!!!.......BY GOD I'LL GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS!!! I went bellow deck to see what the hold up was.

There I find my entire crew sleeping off a 5 day drunk'in binge after ST.PADDY'S DAY!!!!! We'll never win the war at this stage.

Aimbot · 03-31-07, 05:53 PM

That's worth a laugh.
Spend a bit too much time at battle stations?

DeePsix501 · 03-31-07, 05:56 PM

Yea, lol they're still at battlestations. :rotfl:

munfis · 03-31-07, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by ElAurens

A Yamato off the Phillipines in 1941?

Ummm......

Hey, don't ask me, I just sink whats put in front of me...

AVGWarhawk · 04-01-07, 10:48 AM

Cool Pacific nights and the salt spray.

The start of another hot day posted on watch....

We make way into the hot Pacific sun......

Der Graf Von Rudklide · 04-01-07, 01:14 PM

On my 3 carrer patrol 100% realisme, i got shot so much to pices in 3 attacks by the escorts that i barely managed to escape.
The convoy lost 6 cargo ships and 2 destroyers using my experince in estimating setting on the TDC from SH3.

Limping into Midway habour for fuel, returned safely to base Pearl. Lost 10 crew members in all.

DeePsix501 · 04-01-07, 03:03 PM

Here is a collection of cool pictures from my campaign patrols with the USS Triton:

Banquet · 04-01-07, 04:32 PM

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Elder-Pirate · 04-01-07, 05:10 PM

Yes its a new type Submarine the USS Zebra. :rotfl:

Looks like an old TV I once had with a "Herring Bone" pattern. Oh well time to beef up the ole putter.

meatball · 04-01-07, 07:04 PM

Bernard shot him down as he dived bomb perfectly on me, sinking the boat

Chrall · 04-01-07, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by DeePsix501

Ohhh I wish my sun looked like that.

03-31-07, 03:05 PM	#137
DeePsix501 Navy Dude Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: College Station, Texas Posts: 173 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Patrol Report: 25 January 1942 – 17 Feburary 1942 USS Triton (SS-201) Objective: USS Triton is to depart Pearl Harbor on 25 January for 165E 7N, just west of the Marshall Islands, and patrol. Report any enemy contacts. 25 January 1942 – Departed docks in Pearl Harbor at around 0800. Set course SSW to the Marshall Islands. Planned to pass south of the islands and come back north to my patrol sector. Weather looks promising, clear crisp January day. Crew is in high spirits after making it back from first patrol in time for New Years. They seem eager to give it back to the Japs after what happened on the 7th of last month. The island is still pretty shaken up about it. 29 January 1942 – Clear weather held until tonight. We are approximately 2/3 of the way to the Marshall Islands. At around 1800 wind and waves began to pick up and we have been bucking some pretty high seas. Despite rough swells, we plan to arrive on time to patrol sector. We run crash dive drills to keep the men on their toes. 1 February 1942 – We arrive at our patrol location west of the Marshal Islands on time. The sea is still pretty rough. No contacts as of yet. Will continue running patrol pattern. 2 February 1942 – At 0100 we picked up a contact bearing 090, closing south towards us. Set new course northwards and rushed to intercept. At 0252, visual contact is made. Watch identifies it as a friendly freighter. I confirm. Disappointedly return south to our patrol sector and send a status report to COMSUBPAC. I am unhappy with patrols productivity. 3 February 1942 – Patrol orders are completed. After discussion with my officers we decide the best place to hunt for merchant traffic is off the coast of Guam and Siapan, which lies to our west. We radio COMSUBPAC and the give us the green light to commence patrolling off coast of Guam. We set course so slide south of the islands and ring around north once we pass them to patrol the western coasts of Guam. 5-6 February 1942 - At around 2334 we get a contact report not far west of Guam, 145E, 14N. We plot intercept course. At 14:01 on the 16th we make visual contact with a ship bearing 347. We dive to periscope depth and begin to observe. We identify it as a medium modern composite freighter. We close distance and continue to observe. At 14:13 we line up a three torpedo salvo. Fire each with 5 degree spread. Two out of the three hit, one explodes prematurely. Target rolls to starboard and sinks. We surface and continue north. At 17:13 we get another contact and plot intercept course. We make visual contact at 18:23 and we dive to periscope to avoid being silhouetted by the setting sun. After a few minutes of observation we identify her as a Medium Euro Composite Freighter and line up a firing solution. At 18:39 we fire another 3 torpedo salvo. Two hit, one miss. Ship explodes violently into flames and sinks. We then surface and continue patrol. Just as darkness covers the sea we make visual contact with two more coastal freighters going from Siapan to Guam. We identify lead ship as a coastal freighter and rear one as a large old split freighter – which is exceptionally rusty and old looking. From our current position we really don’t have a shot on the lead ship, so we line up a four torpedo spread on the large split freighter. We fire salvo at 2315, three explosions. She sinks and we stay submerged till clear of other ship. 7 February 1942 – At 12:42 we are forced to crash dive by a large Jap search plane, probably from Guam. We continue submerged till nightfall. 8 February 1942 – At 0900 near Siapan, we make visual contact with a small freighter. Initial visual inspection is suspicious. We see large structures on the fore and aft decks which possibly could be deck guns of some sort. We think it might be a Q ship of some sort, so we dive as a precaution and continue to observe. As we draw closer we observe that it is in fact not a Q ship. We line up our last two forward torpedoes and fire at about 800m. One hits and the ship tries to limp away. We surface and finish her off with the deck gun. At around 1200 fuel is running low for return along with torpedoes and provision. We plot course back to pearl. At 1500 search plane forces us under till nightfall. 9 February 1942 – Nearing friendly waters. Friendly task forces pass by us on our way back. Haze and fog limits visibility. As a precaution we run underwater most of the day. Once we past 170E Longitude we should be home free. 13-14 February 1942 - Storms North of Marshall islands slowing progress. Continue running under water to avoid bucking heavy seas. 17 February 1942 – 0800 Dock at Pearl Harbor. The crew is again in high spirits. We ran into no escorts and suffered no casualties. We sunk four merchant ships on this patrol bringing our total to 7 enemy merchants sunk. __________________ In Memory of the USS Triton (SS-201) - May We Never Forget Those On Eternal Patrol Last edited by DeePsix501; 04-06-07 at 03:33 AM.

03-31-07, 05:01 PM	#139
ElAurens A-ganger Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ohio, USA Posts: 76 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	A Yamato off the Phillipines in 1941? Ummm...... __________________ " And the sea shall grant each man new hope, as sleep brings dreams of home." Christopher Columbus

03-31-07, 05:21 PM	#140
badaboom Weps Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 359 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	Trouble aboard the USS PERMIT,I ordered the boat ahead 1/3!.....nothing......I yell ahead 2/3!!......still no movement........finally AHEAD STANDARD!!!!!!.......BY GOD I'LL GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS!!! I went bellow deck to see what the hold up was. There I find my entire crew sleeping off a 5 day drunk'in binge after ST.PADDY'S DAY!!!!! We'll never win the war at this stage. __________________

03-31-07, 05:53 PM	#141
Aimbot Medic Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 160 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That's worth a laugh. Spend a bit too much time at battle stations? __________________

03-31-07, 05:56 PM	#142
DeePsix501 Navy Dude Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: College Station, Texas Posts: 173 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yea, lol they're still at battlestations. :rotfl: __________________ In Memory of the USS Triton (SS-201) - May We Never Forget Those On Eternal Patrol

03-31-07, 03:56 PM	#138
munfis Swabbie Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 14 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	First time out, from manilla, 1941. Steaming along at PD, when my computer has a fit. I know this means ive just run across a bunch of ships, so i run up the scope and have a look around. A large japanise convoy is coming along nicely, but it appears to have a lot of escorts... Woah, its a task force, and there is something HUGE in there... Yamamato... Wow... Line up shot, FIRE! all forward tubes, flank speed, hard left, line up stern tubes and; FIRE! again. 8 hits, 7 detonations, one hell of an explosion... One less super-battleship I love this game!

04-01-07, 10:48 AM	#144
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 27,343 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Cool Pacific nights and the salt spray. The start of another hot day posted on watch.... We make way into the hot Pacific sun...... __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

04-01-07, 01:14 PM	#145
Der Graf Von Rudklide Watch Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 28 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Shot to pices by Jap escorts On my 3 carrer patrol 100% realisme, i got shot so much to pices in 3 attacks by the escorts that i barely managed to escape. The convoy lost 6 cargo ships and 2 destroyers using my experince in estimating setting on the TDC from SH3. Limping into Midway habour for fuel, returned safely to base Pearl. Lost 10 crew members in all. __________________ Ive played them all ever since my first Commandore C64 -

04-01-07, 03:03 PM	#146
DeePsix501 Navy Dude Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: College Station, Texas Posts: 173 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Here is a collection of cool pictures from my campaign patrols with the USS Triton: __________________ In Memory of the USS Triton (SS-201) - May We Never Forget Those On Eternal Patrol

04-01-07, 04:32 PM	#147
Banquet Machinist's Mate Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 122 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	...

04-01-07, 05:10 PM	#148
Elder-Pirate Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Morris, Illinois USA Posts: 1,090 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	New type Submarine. Yes its a new type Submarine the USS Zebra. :rotfl: Looks like an old TV I once had with a "Herring Bone" pattern. Oh well time to beef up the ole putter.

04-01-07, 07:04 PM	#149
meatball Watch Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Andros, Bahamas Posts: 15 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Kamakazi Bernard shot him down as he dived bomb perfectly on me, sinking the boat