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Post by blaird on Aug 25, 2016 20:41:47 GMT
Patrol Results Due no later than September 9th 2016.June 1stGentlemen, I won't take up much of your time, as I know that you are preparing to get underway. On PatrolUSS Humunuku - tyo USS Green Bay - keyboy USS Triton - Falto Currently at SeaUSS Skipjack - Silentshark USS Stingray - haplo02 USS Tiger Shark - jcook119 RefitUSS Trumpet Fish - blaird - July 1942 USS Weatherfish - nfiltr8tor - July 1942 USS Angelfish - privepilot - August 1942 USS Bristlemouth - crushedhat - August 1942 Late and Presumed Lost Shoot me a PM and I will get you onto the next patrolUSS Nutshell - kos83 Special InstructionsLCDR Piccard and LCDR Marshall, as the only Narwhal class submarines in the SUBRON 9 you will be on search and rescue every time you go out, and looking for passengers to transport. PatrolsChina SeaNone EmpireUSS Green Bay - keyboy USS Triton - Falto USS Humunuku - tyo MarshallsNone MarianasNone MidwayNone
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Post by crushedhat on Aug 25, 2016 22:07:47 GMT
Note: Bristlemouth used up all torpedoes early in the May-June patrol and, wihtout a deck gun (destroyed in a DC attack), cut short her patrol returning at the end of May.
Bristlemouth last report stated: Refit Time: 2 Month, ready August 42
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tyo
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Post by tyo on Aug 25, 2016 23:39:16 GMT
Humunuku should be on patrol in June
Agreed
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Post by blaird on Aug 26, 2016 1:40:55 GMT
Note: Bristlemouth used up all torpedoes early in the May-June patrol and, wihtout a deck gun (destroyed in a DC attack), cut short her patrol returning at the end of May. Bristlemouth last report stated: Refit Time: 2 Month, ready August 42Humunuku should be on patrol in June AgreedThanks for letting me know. Both have been corrected.
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tyo
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Post by tyo on Aug 27, 2016 21:33:32 GMT
1. Boat ID: USS Humunuku 2. Successful Patrol: Yes 3. Number of Freighters or Tankers Sank: 1 Chikuzen Maru, 2400T 4. Capital Ships Sank: 0 5. Total Tonnage Destroyed: 2400T 6. Special Assignment Completed: N/A 7. Refit Time: 2 months, ready August 42 September 1942 8. Awards Requested: SCPI, Battle Star
USS Humunuku sent on patrol to the Empire
Transit was uneventul
June 12th, night - encounted 2 ships under escort Fired 4 torpedos at Chikuzen Maru (2400T) and 2 at Noshiro Maru (2300T) 1 torpedo hit Noshiro Maru but it was a dud 2 hits on Chikuzen Maru. 1 explosion and 1 dud. Freighter did not sink. Escaped detection Stalked Chikuzen Maru Fired 4 torpedos. 1 hit but it was a dud. Detected, took hull damage Stalked Chikuzen Maru Unescorted. Sunk with deck guns.
June 17th, night - encounted sub Decided to attack at mid range. Got the jump on enemy. Fired 4 torpedos, no hits Escaped detection Fired remaining 6 torpedos. 1 hit but it was a dud. Escaped detection. Disengaged because we were out of torpedos!
Returned to port early.
Terrible experience with Torpedos. We fired all 24 and hit only 6 times. 5 were duds!
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Post by keyboy on Sept 3, 2016 10:53:45 GMT
Boat Name and ID: USS Green Bay Lieutenant Commander's Name: Mitch Crump Patrol Assignment: Empire Successful Patrol: Yes Number of Freighters or Tankers Sank: 3 Hidaka Maru (5500t), Kinryo Maru (4400t), Escort (1200t), Number of Capital Ships Sank: 0 Number of War Ships Sank: 1 Atago (12,000t) Total Tonnage Destroyed: 23,100t Special Assignment Completed: N/A Refit Time: Extra month for hull damage
Award Requests: Silver Star for LCDR Mitch Crump Battle Star for Sub Submarine Combat Patrol Insignia for crew Crew Promotion Roll
Crew Names: LCDR Mitch Crump Chief Engineer Wayne Willis Pharmacist's Mate Felton Masterson Executive Officer Wallace Brooks 3rd Officer Jonas Salmon
June 14th 1942 We reached the patrol area this evening having made zero contact in nearly two weeks.
June 28th 1942 We spent another fortnight chasing false contacts and suspected sightings to no avail. Unfortunately due to the lack of combat, the watch became sloppy and on the evening of the 29th we must have just veered of course a little, because as dawn approached, the watch commander gave the dreaded alarm of “mines!” down the hatch. Once the mine crew used their hooks to ensure we did not collide with any rogue mines, I plotted a reverse path out and we managed to navigate out of the stretch of mined sea.
July 4th 1942 We celebrated Independence Day during the evening with two frigates and an escort. We surfaced and moved into medium range and let lose with all six bow torpedoes. Of the four aimed at the large freighter, three of them hit of which one was a dud. The two mk14’s hit both sides of centre and the Hidaka Maru sank quickly. Both eels aimed at the small cargo ship hit but only one rewarded us with an explosion, and the back of the Kinryo Maru broke. We evaded detection and fled the scene of destruction rapidly, having created our own firework display.
July 16th 1942 During the evening Salmon picked up a contact some way off and whilst we were approaching slowly, it was evident that the ship was travelling at a good 30kn and with four props in the water, this was a serious ship. From the guide it was identified as the heavy cruiser Atago. This was an important target and with the failure rate of the Mk14’s being so high, we moved her in close, avoided early detection and fired the first salvo from the bow tubes and the second salvo from the aft tubes and then made our dive. Five of the seven fired at the Atago hit and two of those hits were duds. Two of the Mk 14’s caused minor damage to the hull and it was torp #4 that hit something vital as there was a huge explosion and not all the crew got off before she went down.
The three torps fired at the escort all hit, but again, two were duds. Mk 14 #9 broke the escort in two and we hoped this would help in us not being detected by the other escorts that were now steaming in on our position. Unfortunately, they made good contact and littered the area with depth charges and as hard as I tried to evade the hits kept coming. After a few seals blew the damage situation was as follows: Tube door#2, electric motor#1, diesel engine#4, the deck gun and one of the AA guns were all inoperable. There was flooding in two compartments and some hull damage was found. There was no option other than to dive as deep as I dared to go. After exceeding test depth, the Green Bay was levelled off and the depth charges missed were and getting further away. The flooding was contained and after a while I took the sub make up to periscope depth and we made our escape to effect repairs before dawn. Chief Engineer Willis and his team worked like Trojans and fixed the electric motor, the diesel engine, as well as the deck gun. The torpedo door was jammed and one of the AA guns was beyond repair, which would mean that we had just had one AA gun to protect us from the air during our journey home.
July 29th 1942 Arrived back at Pearl Harbor, after traversing the Tropic of Cancer without incident on our way back to the Hawaiian Islands. Refit will be extended by a month because of the hull damage. USS Green Bay will be ready for the October patrol
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Post by keyboy on Sept 29, 2016 21:11:07 GMT
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