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What are we using for a Deckgun anyway?

Not a great preformance but acceptable and with torps to spare.

Petty Officer M.B. Bucher would love to be onboard. I would say Radio, but that is clearly taken. Maybe CMS custodian...

Nice on the Deck Gun (that was me! (and some others who don't matter)), although I must take mock offense that my photo has "MR. DOD" instead of the proper acronym "MRDOD". It's a common error, though.

MRDOD wrote:Nice on the Deck Gun (that was me! (and some others who don't matter)), although I must take mock offense that my photo has "MR. DOD" instead of the proper acronym "MRDOD". It's a common error, though.

Be happy that's all that happened. My name got butchered there.

Mr Bean wrote:What are we using for a Deckgun anyway?

Not a great preformance but acceptable and with torps to spare.

Torpedoes are very precious instruments, all the more so when I expect Shep is running this without me Auto-Calcing the intercept plots.

Deck guns are cheap and safe.


Not bad, not bad Shep, but I expected better

Ace Pace wrote:Torpedoes are very precious instruments, all the more so when I expect Shep is running this without me Auto-Calcing the intercept plots.

Wait, isn't that the weapons' officer's job? I just raise the scope and say "Mark!" "Mark!" but meh, if you want me to do it all by myself, fine!

Not bad, not bad Shep, but I expected better

Coastal Merchants don't inflate your tonnage.

Mr Bean wrote:What are we using for a Deckgun anyway?

Not a great preformance but acceptable and with torps to spare.

88mm Caliber (NOT THE same gun as the army's 88mm, shells are NOT interchangeable)

MKSheppard wrote:

Ace Pace wrote:Torpedoes are very precious instruments, all the more so when I expect Shep is running this without me Auto-Calcing the intercept plots.

Wait, isn't that the weapons' officer's job? I just raise the scope and say "Mark!" "Mark!" but meh, if you want me to do it all by myself, fine!

Well, since you're missing so much, I can only guess that your going around with me in a bunk staring at the latest pinups.

Not bad, not bad Shep, but I expected better

Coastal Merchants don't inflate your tonnage.

I'm currently streaming towards Gibraltar area, any tips?

I'm going to float an idea here, how many people would be intrested in staring in a joint Shep-Ace convoy assault mission?

You define the situation, the convoy, the weather, the year, the boats. We make it happen

Works by me

This is Silent Hunter, right? You can play online multiplayer?

*Edit* And CPO M.B. Bucher would love to be your Radioman, Ace Pace (I have the exact same job in the Navy as Mr. Bean , except he is one paygrade up. )

And the unappreciated engineer keeps things truckin.... chuga chuga chuga...

(Oh, don't tell the Kapitan, but one of the cylinders in the diesel has been made into a makeshift still [how do you think we get such great fuel economy?] Unterseeboot vodka for all!)

What? I don't get my own boat? Scum! And the prototype U-XXI was ready for me and everything!

I'll be your helmsman if the position is still open.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

I volunteer for Torpedo Mate

Yefim is added as helmsman.

There is much suspicion of "Yefim Galkine" on the crew; many suspect he is

1.) Russian
2.) Communist

If he proves to be either of those, we shall take care of him...

Sephirus is now Torpedo mate.

Visiting the Nightclub on base:

KURT: We're at war with Britain, France and a few other small countries. You wouldn't think so. They don't want to get involved. Ha!

ERICH: We're in Warsaw!

HERBERT: Did you read in the paper - we sank the 'Ark Royal'!

WERNER: I hear Schuhart sank the British Carrier 'Courageous'. Got the EKI and EKII for it as well. That'll get the Limeys running.

Fourth Patrol.

Tried to sneak around a convoy in heavy seas; got hit directly in the bow by a destroyer shell



Went down to 90 meters to evade, and then went back up to surface and rigged course to home at flank speed; keeping in with my roleplaying persona, as no U-Boat commander would keep on fighting with that hole.

When I got back, It turned out that my hull integriaty was 50%.

4th Patrol was from

16NOV39 - 29NOV39 (14 days)

It's now January 1940; and fifth patrol is starting up.

Oberleutnant z. S. WeeMadAndo continues to not be given his own boat; he has been given a "damage controlman rating" to help assist in fixing booboos.

If machinist's mate is still open, I'll take it.

As "Uraniun235" is no name for a proper German, you could call me Wilhelm Alshain.

Damn you Shep!!!

Back from a 5th patrol...

U-45, 2nd Flotilla
Left at: January 19, 1940, 18:29
From: Wilhelmshaven
Mission Orders: Patrol grid BE99

25 Jan 1940
1543 AM 33 Ship sunk! Tug Boat, 1139 tons

27 Jan 1940
1500 AM 54 Ship sunk! S.S. Empire Redshank (Large Cargo), 7177 tons

29 Jan 1940
0829 AM 79 Ship sunk! S.S. Glen Farg (Small Merchant), 3353 tons

01 Feb 1940
2133 CG 12 Ship sunk! S.S. Fanefjeld (Coastal Merchant), 2550 tons

07 Feb 1940
0607 AL 51 Ship sunk! S.S. Thorstrand (C3 Cargo), 7052 tons

Patrol Report
Ships sunk: 5
Patrol tonage: 21271 tons
27 days at sea

I got a nice shiney Iron Cross 2nd Class, and a Promotion to hand out....

it turns out that MR BEAN is the only one eligible for it right now...