Silent Hunter Online Captain's Exam

[Nisgeis]

Originally Posted by HerbertMcCheese-Wang

The relative bearing of the target from the bow of the submarine. Ie. straight ahead is 0°, moving from left to right is 90° etc.

Angle on the bow is measured from the bow of the target, not your own bow. An AoB of 0 would mean the target was pointed straight at you, but it could be anywhere, off your stern, off your portside etcetera. It's not a measure of where the target is to you from your point of view, but of where you are from theirs. For example, an AoB of 90 doesn't really mean anything, as it could be 90 degrees to port or starboard. In other words, standing on their bow, you'd have to look either 90 degrees to port or 90 degrees to starboard. If they were sailing in station with you off your starboard beam on the same course, they would have an AoB of 90 port.

The alternative version is that it's the measurement of your own bow from the periscope / centreline of the ship. If it's more than 0 degrees, you have had an accident:



As demonstrated by the USS Growler.

This measurement does not help with the other angle on the bow collision warning:

[denis_469]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

I share your skepticism comrade! (itchy neck syndrome) given the nature of this type of warfare and the propensity of enhancing the tonnage/kill count. But this was a night attack, close enough to ID the vessel type, at 900 YARDS ON THE SURFACE with a smelly 2 mile oil slick and audible secondary explosions ie three points of confirmation. The log is a first-person account-not disproven-and optical illusion does not factor in here; the more so as a failure from the night before is honestly admitted; so impetus to inflate the count appears minimal. A first-hand account is always best-the ship's log is considered a primary source account. I go with eye-witness accounts: Somethin' got sunk! PS: my source for movement for I-372 shows no damage or involvement at time of 2/10/1945. I-372 appears to have been elsewhere and no damage is indicated of a catastrophic nature. "8 February 1945:
Departs Yokosuka for Takao, Taiwan. I-372 is slated to participate in the rescue of the stranded Army pilots from Batulinao, northern Luzon, Philippines. After the loss of RO-112 and RO-113, the mission is canceled and I-372 is recalled to Kure.
14 February 1945:
Arrives at Kure. The IJN intends to send I-372 to Iwo Jima with a cargo of artillery shells, but the situation there turns hopeless.
16 February 1945:
Kure Navy Yard. I-372 commences a conversion to carry aviation gasoline. Probably during the same conversion a snorkel tube is fitted." Clearly a healthy I-372.

If you see my research, so you can see number submarine attacks what I know - it is near 50-60000 attacks. And I find, that all navy covert himself losses. In various time all navy start write in documents this losse:
a - ship sunk
b - ship was heavy damage and abandoned crew

ships what was damage, but not abandone not write in documents. You need see in repair ships after attacks, so you can not write damage in documents, but repair time you can not covert, so ship in werft and need time for repair.

I understand this and now I see in repair data for ships/subs manly.

[HerbertMcCheese-Wang]

Thanks for the codes!

[Onkel Neal]

Let's see, where were we... oh, yeah, I was posting questions!

Next: how many torpedoes would a Gato class sub carry on patrol?

[Wreford-Brown]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Let's see, where were we... oh, yeah, I was posting questions!

Next: how many torpedoes would a Gato class sub carry on patrol?

According to wiki or navsource.org?

[Silent Steel]

24 ones of course.

[Snarf]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Let's see, where were we... oh, yeah, I was posting questions!

Next: how many torpedoes would a Gato class sub carry on patrol?

It depends on if I've tampered with the NSS_Gato.sim file or not

I've had one carry as many as 50.

*please disregard as a serious answer*

[von Kinderei]

I'll say 21

[makman94]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

.... how many torpedoes would a Gato class sub carry on patrol?

as many as orders mark

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Let's see, where were we... oh, yeah, I was posting questions!

Next: how many torpedoes would a Gato class sub carry on patrol?

24 if it was carrying it's full loading, most likely depend on how many the dockyard had in stock at the time. Torps got harder to source the further west the subs were based.

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by Twin Screws

24 if it was carrying it's full loading, most likely depend on how many the dockyard had in stock at the time. Torps got harder to source the further west the subs were based.

Good answer!

Originally Posted by Silent Steel

24 ones of course.

Corrects!

Originally Posted by Snarf

It depends on if I've tampered with the NSS_Gato.sim file or not

I've had one carry as many as 50.

*please disregard as a serious answer*

Originally Posted by makman94

as many as orders mark

Haha, I love humor

SHO Codes coming your way!

[Onkel Neal]

Ok, time for the finale!!

If you have won in this contest, and you have received a SHO winner's code (that's how you can be sure you have won). Make a roll call post in this thread. What I want you to post is your submarine combat motto. You can copy some famous motto (Attack! Attack! Attack! ) or make up your own. It can be serious, with Latin and whatnot, or humorous, or simply simple.

After three days, I will choose a winner. The prize is a choice of one of the following:

• "The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy" on Blu-ray
  
  
  
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• Sport Outdoor Military Rucksacks Tactical Molle Backpack Camping Hiking Trekking Bag
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• Bushnell BackTrack Original G2 GPS Personal Locator and Digital Compass
  

Bear in mind, the DVD prize may be a specific region, I will try to accomodate you if I can. Otherwise, the DVD prize comes as is.

Good hunting!
Onkel Neal

[Jimbuna]

Pretty slow take-up.

Must all still be asleep....good job they've three days to wake up

Great selection of prizes Neal

[Admiral Halsey]

So my motto eh? "Down Periscope, open the tubes and we'll blow that tanker straight to hell!"

"Let's blow that klaxon, we've got some action".