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Galkaflower posted:Have you all forgotten the Porpoise so soon? Oh boy, I switched Porpoise for Stingray. There is so much blood to be spilt in the name of vengeance, we need 
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I'm worried that some huge catastrophic week happened, and that's why we haven't had an update yet. 
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BrooklynBruiser posted:I'm worried that some huge catastrophic week happened, and that's why we haven't had an update yet. Mostly it's due to Mother's Day, a nasty headache, a messed up sleep schedule, and playing Call of Cthulhu Wasted Land (which I finished so that problem is solved).
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Napoleon hungers for flesh! Er... Japanese Ships! Yes. Not flesh.
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GenHavoc posted:Napoleon hungers for flesh! Er... Japanese Ships! Yes. Not flesh. I'm looking forward to Nelson and Wellington showing up with the British.
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Cthulhu Dreams posted:I'm looking forward to Nelson and Wellington showing up with the British. If only for the formers reaction to the ship named after him...
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Paingod556 posted:If only for the formers reaction to the ship named after him... ... I wouldn't want to be in London when that happens. Or anywhere else on the Isles.
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Week 3 July 1942 _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Strategic Events War Event: Roll twice on ULTRA table. Torpedo Improvement: None Ultra Information: Intel gives information on South China Sea 1 and 2 and the Bonins. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Boat Transfers The boat transfers start and we come out the loser this week. First boat is S-32, an old S1 boat. She will be commanded by Chunky Monkey and is assigned to Dutch Harbor and the Aleutians campaign. Second is S-33, another S1 boat. She will be commanded by Hattusa and is also assigned to Dutch Harbor and the Aleutian campaign. Then command started pulling ships off the line for refit. We are continuing the refits of P-series boats we started in February. P1 Pike is pulled from Pearl for refit. Jimmy4400nav can choose whether to stay with the boat or request a transfer. She is due back in the winter. P2 Shark is withdrawn from the SW Pacific for refit. Sirspiff can choose whether to stay with the boat or request a transfer. She is due back in the winter. P3 Pollack is also pulled from Pearl. Grizzwold can choose whether to stay with the boat or request a transfer. She is due back in the Fall. So we gained two obsolete boats and gave away three somewhat less obsolete boats. Not a good trade. S1 boats are also now the most numerous class in service with us surpassing the T boats. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Planning Kudos to the Dutch Harbor crews for getting 3 out of 4 old boats past readiness. Shame on Pearl and Fremantle for only getting 3 boats total ready between them. This means that except for the Aleutians we have fewer boats coming out this week then I expected.  The Aleutians is chugging along. We can replace most of the boats heading home this week so this is going well. We may have too many S1 boats up here. I'll watch and transfer a few if the patrol areas get too cramped.  The S Pacific is humming along. I won't have enough boats to replace everything heading home this week but will fill it as much as I can. Note that the West Coast just got a few more boats in. All of our P1 and P2 boats are in refit and we only have 3 of our 5 P3 boats out there. They also still haven't returned Argonaut.  The SW Pacific has a lot of damaged boats heading home. Not a lot of boats out on patrol and not too many to send out this week. Next week we should remedy the problem. _______________________________________________________________________________________________  United States Navy _______________________________________________________________________________________________ S1 class (14)   S-18 Randomcheese3 - Daring Ships Sunk: 0 Tonnage Sunk: 0 Named ships sunk: N/A Patrolling Kuriles: Attacks a large convoy and makes two attacks but the slow boat can't get into good firing position and she is caught by the destroyer Minikaze and damaged before she can escape. She must RTB for repairs.   S-23 timetrappad - Conservative Ships Sunk: 1 Tonnage Sunk: 10,000 Named ships sunk: AC Izumo Returns to Dutch Harbor and goes to Repair 1 due to cold damage.   S-27 dtkozl - Daring Ships Sunk: 1 Tonnage Sunk: 6,000 Named ships sunk: AO Teiyo Maru Finds no contacts and must RTB due to a fuel leak.   S-28 Banemaster - Batshit Ships Sunk: 0 Tonnage Sunk: 0 Named ships sunk: N/A At Dutch Harbor: Boat passes readiness and leaves to patrol Kuriles.   S-32 Chunky Monkey - Batshit Ships Sunk: 0 Tonnage Sunk: 0 Named ships sunk: N/A At Dutch Harbor: Boat fails readiness.   S-33 Hattusa - Daring Ships Sunk: 0 Tonnage Sunk: 0 Named ships sunk: N/A At Dutch Harbor: Boat passes readiness and leaves to patrol Kuriles.   S-34 Slaan - Batshit Ships Sunk: 0 Tonnage Sunk: 0 Named ships sunk: N/A Returns to Dutch Harbor and is found to have moderate damage. The boat goes to Repair 2.   S-35 Terrorstorm - Steady Ships Sunk: 1 Tonnage Sunk: 2,000 Named ships sunk: N/A Patrolling Aleutians: Finds a small convoy and attacks a small merchant but the torpedoes miss. The patrol continues.   S-36 Vyelkin - Steady Ships Sunk: 1 Tonnage Sunk: 1,000 Named ships sunk: N/A Returns to Dutch Harbor and goes to Repair 1 due to cold damage.   S-37 Lonelywurm - Batshit Ships Sunk: 3 Tonnage Sunk: 3,000 Named ships sunk: N/A Returns to Dutch Harbor and goes to Repair 1 due to cold damage.   S-38 Frosted Flake - Daring Ships Sunk: 2 Tonnage Sunk: 6,000 Named ships sunk: N/A At Pearl: Boat fails readiness.   S-39 Tetrakarn - Daring Ships Sunk: 0 Tonnage Sunk: 0 Named ships sunk: N/A Patrolling Kuriles. Attacks a small convoy and attacks a 3,000 ton merchant but the torpedoes do not detonate. The patrol continues.   S-40 Veloxyll - Batshit Ships Sunk: 1 Tonnage Sunk: 16,000 Named ships sunk: AO Naruto At Fremantle: Boat fails readiness.   S-41 Archie Goodwin - Conservative Ships Sunk: 2 Tonnage Sunk: 4,000 Named ships sunk: N/A At Dutch Harbor: Boat passes readiness and leaves to patrol Aleutians. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ S3 class (6)   S-42 Professor Malice - Batshit Ships Sunk: 3 Tonnage Sunk: 4,000 Named ships sunk: N/A Returns to Pearl Broom Box.   S-43 RZApublican - Batshit Ships Sunk: 0 Tonnage Sunk: 0 Named ships sunk: N/A Returns to Fremantle Broom Box.   S-44 tatankatonk - Steady Ships Sunk: 4 Tonnage Sunk: 15,000 Named ships sunk: AO Goyo Maru Leaves Pearl to patrol Gilberts.   S-45 Zeroisanumber - Daring Ships Sunk: 1 Tonnage Sunk: 3,000 Named ships sunk: N/A At Pearl: Boat fails readiness.   S-46 Natty Ninefingers - Daring Ships Sunk: 2 Tonnage Sunk: 4,000 Named ships sunk: N/A At Fremantle: Boat passes readiness and leaves to patrol Coral Sea.   S-47 tarbrush - Daring Ships Sunk: 1 Tonnage Sunk: 2,000 Named ships sunk: N/A Leaves Pearl to patrol N Pacific. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Argonaut Class (1)   Argonaut In refit. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Narwhal class (2)   Narwhal Viscount Slim - Steady Ships Sunk: 2 Tonnage Sunk: 7,000 Named ships sunk: N/A Returns to Pearl Broom Box.   Nautilus kw0134 - Daring Ships Sunk: 1 Tonnage Sunk: 1,000 Named ships sunk: N/A At Pearl: Boat fails readiness. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Dolphin Class (1)   Dolphin Covski - Conservative Ships Sunk: 0 Tonnage Sunk: 0 Named ships sunk: N/A At Pearl: Boat fails readiness. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Cachalot class (1)   Cuttlefish Afrosquirrel - Conservative Ships Sunk: 5 Tonnage Sunk: 10,000 Named ships sunk: N/A Patrolling Bismark Sea: Finds a small convoy and attacks and destroys a 2,000 ton merchant on its second approach. The boat must RTB to rearm. Afrosquirrel becomes the skipper of the oldest boat to make ace. Vengeance for her lost sister ship. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ P1 series (1)   Pike Jimmy4400nav - Daring Ships Sunk: 2 Tonnage Sunk: 4,000 Named ships sunk: N/A In refit. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ P2 class (2)   Shark sirspiff - Conservative Ships Sunk: 1 Tonnage Sunk: 1,000 Named ships sunk: N/A In refit   Tarpon DivineCoffeeBinge - Daring Ships Sunk: 2 Tonnage Sunk: 10,000 Named ships sunk: N/A In refit _______________________________________________________________________________________________ P3 class (5)   Perch Hob_Gadling - Daring Ships Sunk: 1 Tonnage Sunk: 1,000 Named ships sunk: N/A In refit.   Permit ModernMajorGeneral - Daring Ships Sunk: 2 Tonnage Sunk: 8,000 Named ships sunk: N/A Patrolling S China Sea 1: Finds a convoy of auxiliaries with ULTRA help but the torpedoes prematurely detonate and the boat is forced to evade. The patrol continues.   Plunger Paragon1 - Daring Ships Sunk: 0 Tonnage Sunk: 0 Named ships sunk: N/A At Pearl: Boat fails readiness.   Pollack Grizzwold - Conservative Ships Sunk: 2 Tonnage Sunk: 2,000 Named ships sunk: N/A In refit.   Pompano Adventure Pigeon - Batshit Ships Sunk: 1 Tonnage Sunk: 2,000 Named ships sunk: N/A At Pearl: Boat passes readiness and leaves to patrol Gilberts. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ New S1 class (5)   Salmon NotThatSamBeckett - Chickenshit Ships Sunk: 5 Tonnage Sunk: 15,000 Named ships sunk: N/A Leaves Fremantle to patrol S Philippines.   Seal Pittsburgh Lambic - Steady Ships Sunk: 2 Tonnage Sunk: 2,000 Named ships sunk: N/A Begins heading to Fremantle but is spotted and forced to hide in the Banda Sea. Boat will continue home next week.   Skipjack Galaga Galaxian - Steady Ships Sunk: 2 Tonnage Sunk: 3,000 Named ships sunk: N/A At Pearl: Boat fails readiness.   Snapper ToyotaThong - Daring Ships Sunk: 3 Tonnage Sunk: 9,000 Named ships sunk: N/A Returns to Pearl Broom Box.   Sturgeon Lilli - Steady Ships Sunk: 1 Tonnage Sunk: 3,000 Named ships sunk: N/A Returns to Fremantle Broom Box. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ New S2 class (10)   Sargo Farecoal - Batshit Ships Sunk: 5 Tonnage Sunk: 16,000 Named ships sunk: N/A Patrolling Coral Sea: Finds a pair of tankers escorted by a single destroyer. Targets the bigger of the two and one torpedo detonates and lights up the fuel ship. The 5,000 ton tanker sinks. The destroyer Asashimo damages the boat but the skipper refuses to leave until the job is done and the boat continues and attacks the smaller tanker and destroys the 1,000 ton ship. The Asashimo catches the boat again and more depth charges hit. The top deck is wrecked and flooding fills the boat. Farecoal manages to control the flooding before reaching crush depth although three of the crew are dead in the aft torpedo room. The bodies are loaded along with some other debris into the torpedo tubes and ejected. Asashimo reports a sub kill and heads home without its charges. The boat is badly damaged and may be written off when the boat gets home but the crew are now aces...if they get home to report it as the radio is dead. Close, almost died there.   Saury Servant - Batshit Ships Sunk: 5 Tonnage Sunk: 16,000 Named ships sunk: N/A Returns to Fremantle and damage is heavy. Boat goes to Repair 3.   Spearfish Xmas Future - Daring Ships Sunk: 3 Tonnage Sunk: 14,000 Named ships sunk: AO Brake At Surabaya: Boat fails readiness.   Sculpin Mithridate - Conservative Ships Sunk: 4 Tonnage Sunk: 7,000 Named ships sunk: N/A Patrolling Java Sea: Finds a mid-sized convoy and sinks a 3,000 ton merchant and escapes without detection. The patrol continues.   Sailfish Rather Watch Them - Chickenshit Ships Sunk: 5 Tonnage Sunk: 9,000 Named ships sunk: N/A Leaves Pearl to patrol Solomons.   Swordfish HiroProtagonist - Daring Ships Sunk: 6 Tonnage Sunk: 9,000 Named ships sunk: RO-63 Returns to Fremantle and damage is found to be light. Boat goes to Repair 1.   Seadragon Rogue0071 - Steady Ships Sunk: 4 Tonnage Sunk: 10,000 Named ships sunk: N/A Leaves Surabaya to patrol S China Sea 1.   Sealion Enfield - Daring Ships Sunk: 4 Tonnage Sunk: 11,000 Named ships sunk: N/A Patrolling S China Sea 2: Finds a resource convoy with ULTRA information and manages to bag a 2,000 ton merchant and escape. The patrol continues.   Searaven Warm Sarsaparilla - Conservative Ships Sunk: 1 Tonnage Sunk: 1,000 Named ships sunk: N/A Leaves Surabaya to patrol S China Sea 1.   Seawolf PainGod556 - Conservative Ships Sunk: 4 Tonnage Sunk: 9,000 Named ships sunk: AM Tsugaru Patrolling Gilberts: Finds a small convoy and attacks a 5,000 ton merchant and misses but one torpedo malfunctions and turns off and smashes into a 2,000 ton merchant. The ship goes down. A second attack picks off the 4,000 ton minelayer Tsugaru. The patrol continues. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ T-Class (12)   Tambor Herble Gerblederp - Chickenshit Ships Sunk: 3 Tonnage Sunk: 20,000 Named ships sunk: CA Chikuma At Fremantle: Boat fails readiness.   Tautog Davin Valkri - Steady Ships Sunk: 3 Tonnage Sunk: 5,000 Named ships sunk: N/A Patrolling Carolines: Is jumped by the destroyer Yamakaze and damaged. She will have to head home for repairs.   Thresher Durendal - Steady Ships Sunk: 7 Tonnage Sunk: 17,000 Named ships sunk: CL Sendai Returns to Fremantle Broom Box.   Triton Pladdicus - Daring Ships Sunk: 2 Tonnage Sunk: 3,000 Named ships sunk: N/A Returns to Pearl Broom Box.   Trout Baytor - Conservative Ships Sunk: 4 Tonnage Sunk: 11,000 Named ships sunk: N/A At Fremantle: Boat fails readiness.   Tuna Popete - Steady Ships Sunk: 5 Tonnage Sunk: 14,000 Named ships sunk: N/A Patrolling Gilberts: Finds a small convoy and sneaks into the middle of it. A surprise attack hits and sinks a 5,000 ton amphib. The ship sinks quickly. The riled up escorts make further attacks impossible. The boat must RTB to rearm. Another skipper makes ace, our seventh.   Gar ForeverBWFC - Conservative Ships Sunk: 3 Tonnage Sunk: 11,000 Named ships sunk: N/A Patrolling Solomons: No contacts, the patrol continues.   Grampus Hankor - Steady Ships Sunk: 2 Tonnage Sunk: 8,000 Named ships sunk: N/A Returns to Fremantle and damage is easily fixed. Boat goes to Broom Box.   Grayback The Merry Marauder - Daring Ships Sunk: 2 Tonnage Sunk: 6,000 Named ships sunk: DD Harukaze Patrolling Banda Sea: Finds a destroyer squadron and is unable to set up an attack. The patrol continues.   Grayling Urcinius - Batshit Ships Sunk: 4 Tonnage Sunk: 13,000 Named ships sunk: N/A Returns to Pearl Broom Box.   Grenadier Gradenko_2000 - Conservative Ships Sunk: 1 Tonnage Sunk: 2,000 Named ships sunk: N/A Returns to Fremantle Broom Box.   Gudgeon Lamadar - Steady Ships Sunk: 1 Tonnage Sunk: 3,000 Named ships sunk: N/A Patrolling Marshalls: Finds a small convoy but an overhead Emily fouls up the shots and the torpedoes miss. The boat must RTB to rearm. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Gato class (10)   Drum Vaga42Bond - Steady Ships Sunk: 2 Tonnage Sunk: 20,000 Named ships sunk: CL Yura At Fremantle: Boat fails readiness.   Finback Jabor - Daring Ships Sunk: 0 Tonnage Sunk: 0 Named ships sunk: N/A Patrolling N Pacific: Attacks a mid-sized convoy and misses the first shot. The second shot is better but the torpedoes detonate prematurely and only damage the target. The boat must RTB to rearm.   Flying Fish Yessod - Steady Ships Sunk: 0 Tonnage Sunk: 0 Named ships sunk: N/A Patrolling Marshalls: Finds a mid-sized convoy and attacks. The shot is perfect but the torpedoes bounce off the targeted merchant. A second attack is made on a CVE but again the torpedoes do not detonate. The patrol continues.   Gato KSAF Staff Report - Batshit Ships Sunk: 4 Tonnage Sunk: 11,000 Named ships sunk: N/A Returns to Fremantle Broom Box.   Greenling i poo poo trains - Daring Ships Sunk: 3 Tonnage Sunk: 13,000 Named ships sunk: DD Yamagumo CV Hosho Patrolling Marshalls: Finds a small convoy and attacks a 3,000 ton merchant. The attack is a success and the ship splits in two. An attack is next made of the cruiser Atago flagging the convoy but the solution is bad and the torpedoes pass to her stern. The patrol continues.   Grouper Skanky Burns - Daring Ships Sunk: 1 Tonnage Sunk: 5,000 Named ships sunk: N/A Patrolling Marshalls: Attacks a mid-sized convoy but the heavy escort makes attack impossible. The patrol continues.   Growler Agean90 - Daring Ships Sunk: 0 Tonnage Sunk: 0 Named ships sunk: N/A At Pearl: Boat passes readiness and leaves to patrol Solomons.   Grunion Dark_Swordmaster - Batshit Ships Sunk: 0 Tonnage Sunk: 0 Named ships sunk: N/A Returns to Pearl and damage is found to be superficial. Boat goes to Broom Box.   Silversides Zyrden - Daring Ships Sunk: 1 Tonnage Sunk: 2,000 Named ships sunk: N/A At Fremantle: Repairs completed. Boat moved to Broom Box.   Trigger SkySteak - Steady Ships Sunk: 1 Tonnage Sunk: 12,000 Named ships sunk: CA Aoba Returns to Pearl Broom Box. _______________________________________________________________________________________________  Royal Netherlands Navy _______________________________________________________________________________________________ K-VIII class (2)   K-VIII Strrrrront - Chickenshit Ships Sunk: 2 Tonnage Sunk: 6,000 Named ships sunk: N/A Patrolling S Philippines: Finds a convoy but is unable to get a shot. The boat must RTB to refuel.   K-X Top Hats Monthly - Batshit Ships Sunk: 1 Tonnage Sunk: 1,000 Named ships sunk: N/A Returns to Fremantle Broom Box. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ K-XI class (1)   K-XII Timmy_mdn - Steady Ships Sunk: 2 Tonnage Sunk: 2,000 Named ships sunk: N/A Leaves Fremantle to patrol Coral Sea. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ K-XIV class (3)   K-XIV Bacarruda - Daring Ships Sunk: 1 Tonnage Sunk: 1000 Named ships sunk: N/A Leaves Fremantle to patrol Coral Sea.   K-XV Cythereal - Conservative Ships Sunk: 4 Tonnage Sunk: 17,000 Named ships sunk: N/A At Fremantle: Boat fails readiness.   K-XVI Danilh - Batshit Ships Sunk: 2 Tonnage Sunk: 7,000 Named ships sunk: N/A Patrolling Banda Sea: Boat is ambushed by Japanese destroyers and damage. The boat must RTB for repairs. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ O-19 class (1)   O-19 BrooklynBruiser - Batshit Ships Sunk: 2 Tonnage Sunk: 5,000 Named ships sunk: N/A Returns to Fremantle Broom Box. _______________________________________________________________________________________________  Free French Navy _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Surcouf class (1)   Surcouf GenHavoc - Daring (+1) Ships Sunk: 7 Tonnage Sunk: 59,000 Named ships sunk: CV Unyo Patrolling Solomons: Finds a group of merchants and surfaces and targets the biggest one. After five salvos the 20,000 ton merchant is ripped apart and sinks. The boat then spots the carrier Unyo and attacks and three torpedoes impact and detonate, ripping into the hull of the carrier. The ship begins listing and Surcouf shadows the carrier. Later a huge explosion is seen and the 19,000 ton carrier slips under an hour later. Looks like Japanese damage control incompetence finished the job. The patrol continues. I am awarding Super status for this. The normal requirement is three ships totaling 17,000 tons or more. I feel that two ships for 39,000 tons fills the spirit of the rule. This means Surcouf gets a +1 on all torpedo attacks and a +1 to defense. Insanity, I cannot believe the luck here. The gods of probability love this boat. The odds of hitting Unyo were 10% (only shot the ship had too) and the odds of a kill were only 30% on a hit. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ End of Turn Summary Kills this week: 9 (11) Tonnage this week: 27,000 (66,000) Subs lost this week: Total kills: 148 (170) Total tonnage: 450,000 (550,000) Total subs lost: 5 Well, that was amazing. I always do allied subs last and Surcouf was the last sub I ran. In one stroke Zombie Napoleon got over half the tonnage for the week, has the largest merchant kill and the largest warship kill, and his total tonnage is just under triple that of his nearest competitor. We are just under 1/10th of the way to final victory and will probably cross that mark next week. We are still on track for torpedo improvement by the end of the year. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Skipper Actions I need to hear from the following whether they wish to: A. Remain with their boat until the refit is complete and take her out again B. Transfer to training/staff position (leave game) C. Request a new command and go to the transfer pool. Jimmy4400nav, commanding P1 Pike Sirspiff, commanding P2 Shark Grizzwold, commanding P3 Pollack Let me know. Please bold the response. You have until the boat returns to decide but the sooner you get into the transfer pool (if that is your choice) the sooner you are likely to get another boat. The Transfer rules are in the second post in the thread if you want to know how I decide who gets each boat. I need to know whether the following dead skippers wish to: A. Re-enlist a new mk2 skipper in the reserves. Nick Soapdish - formerly commander of Cachalot.
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Vive la Napoleon Zombi!! Vive le Surcouf!!
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Bloody French, making us look bad. Maybe if we had some cruiser cannons...Xenocides posted:
Captains Log, July 22: Patrol begins. Crew is ordered to double check the entire boat- turns out we're actually fully fuelled and loaded this time. I rescinded Daft Wanker from those few crew who have it, and issued double ice-cream rations. Maybe this time, things will turn out to be normal... Captains Log, July 23: I haven't slept for 45 hours. Things are going too smoothly. The torpedoes are fully maintained. The potato sculptures are at a minimum. Even ChEng has avoided muttering those prayers to his pagan god of machinery. Something has to give. Captains Log, July 24: Too tired, not even coffee and coffee-flavoured ice-cream is helping. I have no choice... Super Awesome Mega Temp-Capitan Spacekings The Captain made me Captain! All those years working as Chief of the Boat have finally paid off. I even got confirmed by a second Captain, which was me, because the Captain made me Captain and as Captain I could confirm my Captainness since I'm a Captain by the Captain! ... What was I talking about again? Oh right, getting this boat rigged for a low-orbit insertion! My boosters were left at Pearl. Someone unloaded them to store torpedoes. I shall find the guilty party, and have them deck-hauled! While at maximum depth! Also Apollo left his matches in his other pants, so we wouldn't have a way to light them. So close! Oops, gotta go Mr. Book, the submanauts in the tower want me for something... Captains Log, July 26: *indecipherable smudge made from ink, coffee and Captains Log, July 26: The following is the conversation I had upon relieving COB of his temporary command- code:Paingod556 fucked around with this message at May 16, 2012 around 14:38 |
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USS Tarpon, Captain's Log, June 17th 1942 Ship status: In refit Crew Status: All hale and hearty, save for the seventeen crewmen currently receiving medical treatment after an altercation in a San Francisco bar Captain Status: Tanned Number of Mai Tais consumed today: 4 Number of Mai Tais consumed today by the entire crew: 931 Number of Invocations to Pagan Deities and/or spirits: 0 A good day.
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Fremantle Harbor Master's journal posted:It was the weirdest poo poo I've seen in my life. I'm used to inexplicable stuff happening whenever K-XV comes calling, but last night was something else. How the hell do you explain to command that on the night of the full moon the goddamn Wild Hunt rode down on streams of moonlight and proceeded to make a royal mess of the dockyards? A few of the little subs managed to slip away in the dark, but everyone else, well... we're going to need more therapists.
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Okay. I'm so glad Surcouf has vacated the atlantic. That thing is a monster. At least when manned by a man crazy enough to get a mental illness named after him.
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Jebus A Chreeest... the Surcouf just sank Japan's newest escort carrier within the same month it got re-launched. I'm going to assume this is probably its first mission or such. I'm really wondering, between undead skippers, Cthulhu cultist, Chaos God worshipers, ghostly advisers, the favor of the Sidhe, and gods knows what else, what will the IJN turn to, to improve their odds of survival?quote:The ship was requisitioned by the Imperial Japanese Navy in October 1941. Initially, the ship was assigned for transporting prisoners of war. Between 25 November 1941 and 31 May 1942, Yawata Maru was rebuilt in Kure to be an auxiliary aircraft carrier. Her flight deck measured 150 × 23 m (490 × 75 ft) and was equipped with two elevators. She had no island, catapults or arresting gear. On 31 July 1942, she was reclassified as an escort carrier and renamed Unyō (雲鷹, "Hawk tear the cloud"). (It must be noted that many experts dispute the lack of arresting gear on the Unyo and her sisters, and while photographic evidence is lacking, the Unyo during her service life operated aircraft which required arresting gear to land aboard a carrier.) Historical Movement Till July 1942 posted:31 May 1942: Vaga42Bond fucked around with this message at May 16, 2012 around 17:01 |
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Xenocides posted:Flying Fish Come on, guys, the French are making us look bad! Also, Surcouf, can we borrow some torpedoes or something?
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I'm going to Request a new command. The crew on this one is just nuts.
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Xenocides posted:Week 3 July 1942 Ok guys, make nice. Hand over the ray gun.
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For the love of...! Am I going to have to go commissar on somebody?! Who do I shoot for incompetence for not catching that destroyer?! The SURCOUF is beating us all, for crap's sake! I have a destiny, and I won't be denied it!
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Sign me up as a Daring American Officer please. That description fits my Silent Hunter playing style!
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Xenocides posted:Surcouf The worst words any Japanese sailor could've heard. As a fun side note, the real Unyo was a torpedo magnet. In July of '43 Halibut nailed her with a torpedo. The next January, Haddock badly clobbered her with three, and while she was hanging out in Truk to try to repair that damage, Halibut showed up a second time (though this attack was thwarted and she took no more damage). Finally, in September USS Barb finished her off with a final two hits. Pretty good survival record for a converted liner, all things considered. Too bad Zombie Napoleon was on the scene this time.
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Xenocides posted:
Captain's Log July 27th, 1942 We arrived at our new base of operations, Dutch Harbor. I must say, it is quite cold for the coast of The Netherlands, I was expecting a little nicer weather. Also more Nazi's. Ah well, no matter, I am sure we will find them out on the open ocean! As soon as we get there. But SOMEBODY forgot the hot fudge in England. So now we have to load up on Belgian Waffles to make it through this first patrol until we can ship in some more fudge. If I find out who forgot to load the fudge I am going to have to have them keelhauled.
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At a bar in Pear Harbor Lets see, time to finalize transfer information. Captain! What are you doing?You! What do you want?!?What am I? What are you? Are you planing on abandoning your boat? Well, We'll be our of action for a good chunk of a year and my boys and I need to be out there an... ENOUGH! You will not leave the Pike! It has been consecrated by our patron and he sees its beauty, you will not leave our BEAUTY! Ah! Okay, Okay, fine we'll stay.Good, good. You will. Make sure you and your boys relax, besure to....enjoy yourselves. The hell man........I Will stay will the Pike and return with it his winter
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In this alternate history timeline all future subs will have 5" guns. And all future cruisers will be built to submerge.
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BurningStone posted:In this alternate history timeline all future subs will have 5" guns. And all future cruisers will be built to submerge. You mean 8" right? More seriously, I think the Surcouf does not enjoy some of it's historical issues. Its very long time to submerge would be a huge disadvantage in the Pacific (due to be jumped by planes).
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BurningStone posted:In this alternate history timeline all future subs will have 5" guns. And all future You need to think bigger! Also, note to self: bodies are not able to take down a destroyer. Cthulhu Dreams posted:You mean 8" right? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_M1 Farecoal fucked around with this message at May 17, 2012 around 01:57 |
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Since Berryjon wasn't having fun with the historical overviews, I decided to take a stab at it. I'm using a slightly different format, but hopefully you'll all enjoy it. ------------------ Silent War – the Submarine Conflict in the Pacific Theatre (Part 12) Week 23 Strategic overview: The third week of May in 1942 is widely conflated with its most momentous occasion – the Fall of Luzon to the Japanese. The Japanese invasion of the Philippines had been on-going for some time, and significant forces composed of American, Filipino, and Commonwealth units managed to hold the Japanese invasion force at bay for many months. Though numbers favoured the Allied Forces, training and discipline did not. By the middle of the month, withdrawal plans had been designed and signed-off on by COMSUBPAC. As Japanese forces began the final push towards Milan and the Allied stronghold on the nearby Bataan peninsula, the three remaining submarines operating out of Milan were ordered to rebase at Fremantle. The USS Gato played host to the remaining command elements of COMSUBPAC remaining in Manila, as well as those documents which were deemed irreplaceable. The USS Grampus and USS Sealion were instrumental in removing key commanders of the Allied forces in the Philippines campaign. Three other submarines (the Permit, Sargo, and the Grenadier) were diverted from their patrols to liberate strategic resources and personnel from Davaos on Mindanao, which had been spared the fierce fighting that raged on Luzon. In spite of the on-going drama in the Philippines, submarine action continued elsewhere in the Pacific. Four submarines arrived in-theatre, including the S-27 in the Aleutians (previously in overhaul on Mare Island), the S-45 in Fremantle (previously based in the Atlantic out of Bermuda), and the Gato-class Grouper and Flying Fish in Pearl Harbor (both newly built). sidebar posted:
While Allied forces were frantically busy in the Philippines, COMSUBPAC was largely quiet, with a notable exception. COMSUBPAC: In the north, only the Nautilus was on active patrol, and its sole attack of the week was foiled by a prematurely-detonating torpedo. Further south, the S-44 scored its third kill on a 3,000-tonne maru in the ilbert Islands. The Seadragon causes havoc in the Java Sea, sinking a 3,000 tonne maru and damaging a tanker with its deck gun. An intervening Kawanishi H8K forces the Seadragon to break off the attack and dive. The Pompano lost its periscope to a destroyer attack in the Carolines, and is forced to return to base. Also in the Carolines, the Gar attacked a maru but is fouled by her torpedoes; a second attack on a larger ship succeeded, and 5,000 tons of Japanese merchant shipping slipped to the bottom of the Pacific. In the Marianas, two different subs made attempts on Japanese warships with less than ideal results. The Tambor-class Gudgeon attempted a shot on the heavy cruiser Myōkō. Though the Gudgeon was able to escape unharmed, the calculations were bad and no damage was done to the Myōkō. Meanwhile, the Gato-class Greenling attempted an attack on the aircraft carrier Ryūkō. Interdicted by a destroyer before the shot could be taken, the Greenling was forced to flee and suffered minor damage from depth-charge attack. North of the Philippines, the Silversides manages to sink a 2,000 tonne maru before being attacked by an escorting destroyer. The sub survives with minor flooding. The Surcouf, commanded by the most esteemed Zombie Napoléon (Long May He Reign), scores its first kill. In interviews in 2009, Emperor Zombie Napoléon spoke on the importance of his first kill as commander of a submarine, and the speed with which his undead brain absorbed existing submarine doctrine. Finally, we come to the most important event of the week: in the Mariana Islands, the Trigger doggedly pursues a small Japanese naval task force. Lining up a shot on the heavy cruiser Aoba, the torpedo goes wide. Refusing to accept defeat, the commanding officer orders another attempt and fires a full spread of torpedoes. 3 of the four detonate against the hull, and the Aoba begins to list. The damage is fatal, and the ship sinks in less than an hour. The Dutch also probably did some stuff, but our translator has a nasty case of gonorrhoea and isn't returning our calls. From the personnel files: Though it took only a short time for beliefs and practices deemed "unusual" to take root in the submarine force, the fall of the Philippines seemed to accelerate their spread and greaten their scope. A Dutch commander, in a missive sent to allied commanders, speaks on the subject of the Dutch pact with Queen Mab. Though the exact details are unknown at time of writing (due largely to our Dutchman's Vegas vacation), Google Translate suggests it was most assuredly dark and foreboding. Rumours of devil-worship or worse by the crew of the S-45 circulate to this day, but cannot be confirmed due to the surely coincidental loss of that sub's official reports in an electrical fire which was miraculously confined to a single filing cabinet. Court martial documents for a supply officer in Dutch Harbor suggest he was involved in an illicit trading ring in which indebted members of the supply corps paid off their debts by supplying illegal materials to submarine crews inside of dud torpedoes. Week 24 Strategic overview: The Office of Naval intelligence was able to supply COMSUBPAC with intercepted Japanese war plans in the Aleutians, Solomons, and Carolines. Unfortunately, there were only two submarines on patrol in those areas this week, both in the Solomon Islands. However, a total of 30 allied subs were on patrol this week, a noticeable increase over week 23. COMSUBPAC: The Northern Theatre sees several submarines early in their patrol from Dutch Harbor, including the S-27 on her first war-time patrol. The skipper quite possibly sold his soul to succeed in sinking the 6,000 ton oil-tanker Teiyo Maru. In the Gilbert Islands, the Pike succeeds in sinking a 3,000 ton merchant vessel with 3 torpedoes. Japanese records suggest the ship had only a single survivor. In the Marshall Islands, the T-class Grayling and Gato-class Grouper both pick off 5,000 ton merchants from two different convoys. In the South China Sea, the Salmon attacks a large enemy convoy, destroying a 5,000 ton maru. Though a second attempt fails, Lieutenant NotThatSamBeckett becomes the second submarine ace of the Pacific War with his sub's fifth kill. The Dutch destroy a small, thousand-ton merchant. Further details are unavailable, as our translator drank three cups of coffee this morning and is currently sobbing and clutching his genitals in a bathroom stall on the third floor. From the personnel files: In contrast to many submarines of the Theatre, where strange cults and mystic rites were officially supported or joined by their skippers, the CO of the Tarpon took a radically different tack. Beginning at the end of May, Lieutenant DivineCoffeeBinge instituted what he termed the "Aggressive Sanity Protocol". Though historians are split on the value of the protocol to the Tarpon's war-time contributions, none can deny that not a single maintenance worker was driven mad by unseen entities or impossible colours in the depths of the Tarpon, which was a remarkably common event on other submarines in the Theatre. sidebar posted:
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Xenocides posted:
That was some BATSHIT crazy fighting. If only you could have also gotten the Asashimo...Next time! Xenocides posted:
Remember when people were demanding he be batshit? Yeah. His performance is batshit crazy awesome. I think you can all rest now knowing the Surcouf is going to flat-out destroy the Japanese navy.And we've got, what, seven aces with one having the Super status? Man, we really dodged a bullet with me not commanding the Surcouf. Otherwise we'd have lost it on the first patrol. DivineCoffeeBinge posted:USS Tarpon, Captain's Log, June 17th 1942  And it seems that the new historian isn't against calling Zombie Napoleon out by what he really is, as opposed to the previous one that said it was just a delusion. Then again, he could have been eaten by Zombie Napoleon who was sick of the writings and had his research material handed over to the new guy by Zombie Napoleon. Which is pretty funny if you think about it.
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| # ? May 17, 2012 03:57 |
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God drat it Australia. You're not supposed to be bad at readying subs for years yet >: ( (poor undersupplied Collins class) And holy hell Surcouf. See America - this is what happens when you don't sink your allies. Grey Hunter take note :p
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Shei-kun posted:And it seems that the new historian isn't against calling Zombie Napoleon out by what he really is, as opposed to the previous one that said it was just a delusion. Then again, he could have been eaten by Zombie Napoleon who was sick of the writings and had his research material handed over to the new guy by Zombie Napoleon. Which is pretty funny if you think about it. I was aiming to be the Ben Stiller of Historical writeups, but Lonleyworm has a good start. Just think of it as some kid in History class switching from the dry but prely factual accound to the more riveting but possibly creatively exxagerated tome.  (Yes, this is a stamp of approval for him.)
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| # ? May 17, 2012 04:28 |
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Cuttlefish has become an ace and is now a name feared by merchants. Now, let's make the IJN learn that even the oldest sub in the theatre deserves their dread!
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| # ? May 17, 2012 05:01 |
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K-XV has fallen into a lull after a promising start. Unfortunate, especially considering the Dutch will probably be leaving soon.
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| # ? May 17, 2012 05:04 |
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Veloxyll posted:God drat it Australia. You're not supposed to be bad at readying subs for years yet >: ( (poor undersupplied Collins class) Its more that we can't get enough bodies in the Navy to crew them all... Amidst other issues, like random crash dives and cavitation at all speeds. 
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| # ? May 17, 2012 05:46 |
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Paingod556 posted:Its more that we can't get enough bodies in the Navy to crew them all... Amidst other issues, like random crash dives and cavitation at all speeds. At least there's no deck gun crew to have to rush below decks these days  Also Naval engineers - why you so bad at designing around cavitation. That stuff is KINDA NOISY. Also random crash dives? I hadn't heard that one before.
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| # ? May 17, 2012 05:59 |
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Back home in Pearl. Hello ladies! Time for some R&R. We'll go get 'em next week.
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| # ? May 17, 2012 06:16 |
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Veloxyll posted:At least there's no deck gun crew to have to rush below decks these days Something to do with the boat being too 'smart'. Word I got from a Navy tech who worked on them was the early model had a tendency to get the depth wrong when going from salt to fresh water... Or vice versa, can't remember. What I do remember is that the Collins would notice a change in bouyancy, and decide to correct its depth, in the fastest manner possible. So you'd be cruising at periscope depth and then suddenly be 50 degrees down bubble heading for the bottom. It did get fixed eventually, along with the other problems. Now its a very good quality SSK that's even sunk the Nimitz during wargames. But again, too few people willing to be locked up underwater for weeks at a time to have more than 2/3 of 6 manned and operational (best guess) EDIT- All SSK's are quiet as all hell, without needing the super fancy sound proofing that nucs require. That's why Kilo's are so popular, and the reason for 'Down Periscope'. Added bonus- you can 'bottom' a diesel boat and shut everything down, while a nuc boat can suffer problems doing either, like silt in the water intake valves that can be a bad thing for a reactor, and of course trying to power it down isn't a quick/easy thing to do. If at all, I don't know if they can while at sea. Paingod556 fucked around with this message at May 17, 2012 around 09:36 |
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Paingod556 posted:Something to do with the boat being too 'smart'. Word I got from a Navy tech who worked on them was the early model had a tendency to get the depth wrong when going from salt to fresh water... Or vice versa, can't remember. What I do remember is that the Collins would notice a change in bouyancy, and decide to correct its depth, in the fastest manner possible. So you'd be cruising at periscope depth and then suddenly be 50 degrees down bubble heading for the bottom. As I recall the Collins is pretty much the quietest boat in the ocean when it's manned and working because it goes batteries which are quieter than nuclear reactors. Facebook et al - causing everyone to not want to go underwater for lots of time. Which makes the Labour government's plan to build ANOTHER new class of sub a bit weirder still.
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| # ? May 17, 2012 07:51 |
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I'd like to Request a new command. The Shark is not a lucky boat. *Fingers crossed for a modern ride*
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| # ? May 17, 2012 12:25 |
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sirspiff posted:I'd like to Request a new command. The Shark is not a lucky boat. *Fingers crossed for a modern ride* That command is worth it just to hear "*ding* *ding* Shark, arriving"
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| # ? May 17, 2012 17:07 |
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Hey, I'll happily take the Shark from you if I can. If I'm going to sink another of our subs with my luck, it ought to be one that doesn't have a great record.
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