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WernherVonTrapp · 06-01-11, 04:30 PM

I just noticed but, isn't that a radio antenna on top of the Sampan's main mast?

Sailor Steve · 06-01-11, 05:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WernherVonTrapp

I just noticed but, isn't that a radio antenna on top of the Sampan's main mast?

NO! Nothing to see here! Look other way!

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Sturmvogel · 06-01-11, 11:09 PM

fail...

WernherVonTrapp · 06-02-11, 09:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

NO! Nothing to see here! Look other way!

... - ..- .--. .. -.. .- -- . .-. .. -.-. .- -. ...

I thought so.

ProZack-PC · 06-06-11, 02:40 AM

This was taken in the game we played on Tunggle.
They attack you in your German U-boat.

Is that old news?? Never saw anything like it.

A Project Video:: help with new production

WernherVonTrapp · 06-06-11, 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ProZack-PC

This was taken in the game we played on Tunggle.
They attack you in your German U-boat.

Is that old news?? Never saw anything like it.

A Project Video:: help with new production

That looks like a Somers Class DD:

commandosolo2009 · 06-06-11, 04:49 PM

So here we are,

After a fine maiden patrol to the East China Sea, a few charges that rumbled and not even shook our boat, and a persistence to get BuOrd to supply out boat with SJ. Not even closer.

Now we ship out from Surabaya, Java, and the seas are unusually calm. Well, its just so before the storm. So a few days have passed since we were located to the Java strait, and SO reports a faint whoosh some 30 miles Northwest, closing. A distinctive, unprecedented whoosh is amongst the sounds and we think to our selves, it could be a cruiser complement.

Flank speed and intercepting we come across what is best termed as the ticket to a better boat. A Taskforce is in sight, and my OOD and HM both deligintly working hard to get us clear of the oncoming escort port the plotted track. We are 5 kilometers apart from two eye-candy, Takao and Mogami cruisers, but only had time for the latter. We decided to call an angle of 93 port on bearing 0 relative and 14.4 knots on the speed.

"Standby for constant bearings!" on 1MC on my order.
"Range - mark!" , "Bearing - mark!"

We had her by the boilers and 4 minutes, 43 seconds late, came 4 loud rumblings, we were in shallow waters, when suddenly, a destroyer came to and started pinging..

Well, we heard her own screws on top of our heads, and my exec recommended a change of course to the North. We launched our decoy and bought a few minutes off and decided to secure our sound heads, moving at ahead slow to minimize whoosh specially in these shallow waters, at least to make it to a nearby puddle of 10 meters deep. I had the con, and it was time to surface after six hours of distant rumblings, four hydrophone sweeps, and a lot of burden from the seabed underneath.

We came up, exactly 34 kilometers from the approach and decided to not stick around anymore, for a Betty or a Zeke, would certainly scan this area after our near brush with death.

And so we moved across the Java strait, and onto the depths of Sulu sea, we arrived.

It was morning on April 8th, when our Radioman came to the mess hall as we were busy on our bacon and eggs and handed a report from ComSubPac, an Ultra designating a lost cruiser to the Japs at the Java strait area. We decided to hold off communications until we could foresee what will happen at Sulu sea, which was of friendly depths, and so as we crossed the 100 fathom curve, we were on comms with ComSubPac when we got a message over Fox traffic about a convoy southwest of our position, with course estimated Northeast. We went on a 2-engine speed, and our sound head were deployed. For we were eager to get more ships in this area.

to be continued....

commandosolo2009 · 06-13-11, 12:10 PM

So, after three fruitful patrols, the last of which ended in sinking a Fuso b/s.

So, upon our return to Pearl, I've been given command of a new boat, USS Drum, a Gato-class submarine. Not only that, but it was June 1st when I had orders to not leave port as an SJ radar was being fitted to the sub. It was a new experience, but certainly, now that we have better detection range, close to 35 kilometers, and the mighty PPI, we had the convoys of Japan under our heels. The boys from Pickerel, my first boat, came by to see me through my new boat, and I was frustrated that my execs wouldnt be with me on my 5th patrol in the war since 41 and the Pearl atrocities. It was a shame since I got to renown with the help of those men.

So, after a warm farewell and Godspeed, we fired up the diesels and went to shakedown for a week on our new boat.

My new execs being Fred, and John. Both were experts on command and I expected no less than Fred in particular, since he had experiences with the faulty Mk14s and him being on the boat, would certainly lower the duds we've apparently encountered from our previous patrols to China sea, Philippine sea, and Sulu sea, as well as off the coast of Honshu and Kyushu.

My orders were simple:

"Check the torpedoes depth keeper, impact pin, and horizontal rudder. We'd use contact detonator and a depth of 4 meters for all our fish. Keep SJ and SD manned at all times, and call me to the bridge if a contact is established, and if in doubt, dive first, then call me to the bridge."

We set sail to Carolines this time, even though ComSubPac directive was Kyushu, but I figured since we had plenty of fuel on our reserve tanks, we moved at ahead slow, doing a change of 12, and 11 knots, while Patrick, my Helm, kept the boat at zero angle on a keel depth of 6 meters.

I was intrigued by the new ship, and in comparison to the Pickerel we had an excess of 8 torpedoes to ensure we'd sink more Jap commerce and probably end the war.

Japanese convoys were now using more escorts, and the ratio of escorts increased. Probably our boys did one hell of a job in driving the Empire's navy into exponentiation.

to be continued...

Flaxpants · 06-21-11, 11:45 PM

Wow, some sick shots on this thread! Just started playing SH4 and was wondering how to lose the UI? My manual says Numpad Del but that doesn't seem to work- I'm running RFB 2.0 and RSRD.

magic452 · 06-21-11, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flaxpants

Wow, some sick shots on this thread! Just started playing SH4 and was wondering how to lose the UI? My manual says Numpad Del but that doesn't seem to work- I'm running RFB 2.0 and RSRD.

Make sure number lock is off. Don't use RFB but TMO is numpad delete.

Might get a faster answer in the mods thread???

Magic

matti95 · 06-30-11, 02:06 PM

CCIP: Very nice shots there!

matti95 · 06-30-11, 03:03 PM

Here are some edited screenshots

Made this one so it looks like an old picture.

Here's another one

matti95 · 07-01-11, 11:56 AM

December 1941: USS pickerel leaves Manila. My destination is east china sea.
On my way up i attack an convoy with 2 heavy cruisers. I sank one of the cruisers.
The cruiser is a mogami class and weighs 9500 tons.

After i got depth charged but i sneaks away and going up to periscope depth. Two other targets are appearing, both are large freighters.
The first one sinks after two torpedos and i went to surface and sinks the other one with the cannon.

commandosolo2009 · 07-01-11, 01:37 PM

Now have command of USS Balao, a Balao-class submarine.

It was time to put her to test when command advised the necessary shift of base to Brisbane, Aussie.

I was disappointed that Drum, the old Gato, and the most work had to go to someone else. I had hoped he'd keep her in one piece.

So, Brisbane it was, sailing on a clear day, to assigned AO East China Sea, and a 4000 + km log to be penned.

I set course to Rabaul channel, and as we were on our way in, sonar picks up two slow screws. A medium sized old freighter, and a composite sister show up on the scope in minutes. We precautionarily dived as was the case in morning attacks, which I personally didnot favour, but since both ships had to be sent down, without interfering with our schedule of reaching the AO, I figured we'd spare the eels or at least let the S1Cs get some.

Using three torpedoes, none of which scored a scratch, and, out of anger, ordered a surface and battlestations deck gun manned. The seas were friendly, but the enemy wouldnt.

Few minutes of shelling and getting back a reciprocal of splashes, none, thankfully, hitting our ship, both ships went down.

So, I now order secure and set course to pass the straight in half-length by day submerged, surfaced the night, so we'd be out by next day dawn into the welcoming depths of Bismarck sea, through which, we'd head northeast, to assigned AO.

Hours passed like minutes, and a contact came over radio, apparently, a slow, 7 kt convoy heading course estimate 283 true, is effectively cruising the Bismarck strait. We decide to intercept as we would be in a favourable position if we maintain our 18 kts speed in the turbulent, now-upset weather. 15 kms direction 301 (due north) caused a delay which we had to forget about giving John, our EM, the auxiliary for his charge.

to be continued..

WernherVonTrapp · 07-02-11, 02:02 PM

Just a few more captures from my time in the Pacific:

06-01-11, 04:30 PM	#3856
WernherVonTrapp Admiral Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Now, alot farther from NYC. Posts: 2,228 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	I just noticed but, isn't that a radio antenna on top of the Sampan's main mast? __________________ "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Miyamoto Musashi ------------------------------------------------------- "What is truth?" -Pontius Pilate

06-01-11, 11:09 PM	#3858
Sturmvogel Swabbie Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Finland Posts: 10 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	fail... __________________ In the navy

06-06-11, 02:40 AM	#3860
ProZack-PC Nub Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 3 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Battleship or Destroyer...?? This was taken in the game we played on Tunggle. They attack you in your German U-boat. Is that old news?? Never saw anything like it. A Project Video:: help with new production Last edited by ProZack-PC; 06-06-11 at 03:19 AM.

06-06-11, 04:49 PM	#3862
commandosolo2009 Grey Wolf Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Egypt Posts: 813 Downloads: 132 Uploads: 0	April 1942, USS Pickerel, Patrol 2 part 1 So here we are, After a fine maiden patrol to the East China Sea, a few charges that rumbled and not even shook our boat, and a persistence to get BuOrd to supply out boat with SJ. Not even closer. Now we ship out from Surabaya, Java, and the seas are unusually calm. Well, its just so before the storm. So a few days have passed since we were located to the Java strait, and SO reports a faint whoosh some 30 miles Northwest, closing. A distinctive, unprecedented whoosh is amongst the sounds and we think to our selves, it could be a cruiser complement. Flank speed and intercepting we come across what is best termed as the ticket to a better boat. A Taskforce is in sight, and my OOD and HM both deligintly working hard to get us clear of the oncoming escort port the plotted track. We are 5 kilometers apart from two eye-candy, Takao and Mogami cruisers, but only had time for the latter. We decided to call an angle of 93 port on bearing 0 relative and 14.4 knots on the speed. "Standby for constant bearings!" on 1MC on my order. "Range - mark!" , "Bearing - mark!" We had her by the boilers and 4 minutes, 43 seconds late, came 4 loud rumblings, we were in shallow waters, when suddenly, a destroyer came to and started pinging.. Well, we heard her own screws on top of our heads, and my exec recommended a change of course to the North. We launched our decoy and bought a few minutes off and decided to secure our sound heads, moving at ahead slow to minimize whoosh specially in these shallow waters, at least to make it to a nearby puddle of 10 meters deep. I had the con, and it was time to surface after six hours of distant rumblings, four hydrophone sweeps, and a lot of burden from the seabed underneath. We came up, exactly 34 kilometers from the approach and decided to not stick around anymore, for a Betty or a Zeke, would certainly scan this area after our near brush with death. And so we moved across the Java strait, and onto the depths of Sulu sea, we arrived. It was morning on April 8th, when our Radioman came to the mess hall as we were busy on our bacon and eggs and handed a report from ComSubPac, an Ultra designating a lost cruiser to the Japs at the Java strait area. We decided to hold off communications until we could foresee what will happen at Sulu sea, which was of friendly depths, and so as we crossed the 100 fathom curve, we were on comms with ComSubPac when we got a message over Fox traffic about a convoy southwest of our position, with course estimated Northeast. We went on a 2-engine speed, and our sound head were deployed. For we were eager to get more ships in this area. to be continued....

06-13-11, 12:10 PM	#3863
commandosolo2009 Grey Wolf Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Egypt Posts: 813 Downloads: 132 Uploads: 0	August 1942, USS Drum, Patrol 5 part 1 So, after three fruitful patrols, the last of which ended in sinking a Fuso b/s. So, upon our return to Pearl, I've been given command of a new boat, USS Drum, a Gato-class submarine. Not only that, but it was June 1st when I had orders to not leave port as an SJ radar was being fitted to the sub. It was a new experience, but certainly, now that we have better detection range, close to 35 kilometers, and the mighty PPI, we had the convoys of Japan under our heels. The boys from Pickerel, my first boat, came by to see me through my new boat, and I was frustrated that my execs wouldnt be with me on my 5th patrol in the war since 41 and the Pearl atrocities. It was a shame since I got to renown with the help of those men. So, after a warm farewell and Godspeed, we fired up the diesels and went to shakedown for a week on our new boat. My new execs being Fred, and John. Both were experts on command and I expected no less than Fred in particular, since he had experiences with the faulty Mk14s and him being on the boat, would certainly lower the duds we've apparently encountered from our previous patrols to China sea, Philippine sea, and Sulu sea, as well as off the coast of Honshu and Kyushu. My orders were simple: "Check the torpedoes depth keeper, impact pin, and horizontal rudder. We'd use contact detonator and a depth of 4 meters for all our fish. Keep SJ and SD manned at all times, and call me to the bridge if a contact is established, and if in doubt, dive first, then call me to the bridge." We set sail to Carolines this time, even though ComSubPac directive was Kyushu, but I figured since we had plenty of fuel on our reserve tanks, we moved at ahead slow, doing a change of 12, and 11 knots, while Patrick, my Helm, kept the boat at zero angle on a keel depth of 6 meters. I was intrigued by the new ship, and in comparison to the Pickerel we had an excess of 8 torpedoes to ensure we'd sink more Jap commerce and probably end the war. Japanese convoys were now using more escorts, and the ratio of escorts increased. Probably our boys did one hell of a job in driving the Empire's navy into exponentiation. to be continued...

06-21-11, 11:45 PM	#3864
Flaxpants Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Koh Samui, Thailand Posts: 1,196 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Wow, some sick shots on this thread! Just started playing SH4 and was wondering how to lose the UI? My manual says Numpad Del but that doesn't seem to work- I'm running RFB 2.0 and RSRD.

06-30-11, 02:06 PM	#3866
matti95 Loader Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Finland Posts: 86 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 0	CCIP: Very nice shots there!

06-30-11, 03:03 PM	#3867
matti95 Loader Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Finland Posts: 86 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 0	Here are some edited screenshots Made this one so it looks like an old picture. Here's another one

07-01-11, 11:56 AM	#3868
matti95 Loader Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Finland Posts: 86 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 0	December 1941: USS pickerel leaves Manila. My destination is east china sea. On my way up i attack an convoy with 2 heavy cruisers. I sank one of the cruisers. The cruiser is a mogami class and weighs 9500 tons. After i got depth charged but i sneaks away and going up to periscope depth. Two other targets are appearing, both are large freighters. The first one sinks after two torpedos and i went to surface and sinks the other one with the cannon.

07-01-11, 01:37 PM	#3869
commandosolo2009 Grey Wolf Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Egypt Posts: 813 Downloads: 132 Uploads: 0	Capt. commandosolo2009 patrol 8 log part 1 Now have command of USS Balao, a Balao-class submarine. It was time to put her to test when command advised the necessary shift of base to Brisbane, Aussie. I was disappointed that Drum, the old Gato, and the most work had to go to someone else. I had hoped he'd keep her in one piece. So, Brisbane it was, sailing on a clear day, to assigned AO East China Sea, and a 4000 + km log to be penned. I set course to Rabaul channel, and as we were on our way in, sonar picks up two slow screws. A medium sized old freighter, and a composite sister show up on the scope in minutes. We precautionarily dived as was the case in morning attacks, which I personally didnot favour, but since both ships had to be sent down, without interfering with our schedule of reaching the AO, I figured we'd spare the eels or at least let the S1Cs get some. Using three torpedoes, none of which scored a scratch, and, out of anger, ordered a surface and battlestations deck gun manned. The seas were friendly, but the enemy wouldnt. Few minutes of shelling and getting back a reciprocal of splashes, none, thankfully, hitting our ship, both ships went down. So, I now order secure and set course to pass the straight in half-length by day submerged, surfaced the night, so we'd be out by next day dawn into the welcoming depths of Bismarck sea, through which, we'd head northeast, to assigned AO. Hours passed like minutes, and a contact came over radio, apparently, a slow, 7 kt convoy heading course estimate 283 true, is effectively cruising the Bismarck strait. We decide to intercept as we would be in a favourable position if we maintain our 18 kts speed in the turbulent, now-upset weather. 15 kms direction 301 (due north) caused a delay which we had to forget about giving John, our EM, the auxiliary for his charge. to be continued..

07-02-11, 02:02 PM	#3870
WernherVonTrapp Admiral Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Now, alot farther from NYC. Posts: 2,228 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	Just a few more captures from my time in the Pacific: __________________ "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Miyamoto Musashi ------------------------------------------------------- "What is truth?" -Pontius Pilate