Tambor Takes A Bow

[tambor198]

I was sailing in my second war patrol tonight out of Pearl in the USS Tambor (what a coincidence) when I made contact with a Large European Liner just east of the Ryukyu Islands on my way to patrol the East China Sea. I went to periscope depth and just as I was preparing to fire that big boy turned and started coming right at me. At 1100 yards I gave hime two fish "Down the Throat", and then crashed -dived to avoid being rammed. Managed to get this screenie as a result. Hence the title of the post.



http://i15.tinypic.com/5y8pnvb.jpg

[lane2512]

You don't want 18,000 tons landing on your head Tambor!

Great pic!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/11.gif http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/11.gif

[tambor198]

thanks, lane. http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/16x16_smiley-wink.gif

[lane2512]

You punched his nose clear to his tail! http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/16x16_smiley-very-happy.gif

[tambor198]

She did a nice tail stand before she went down. http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/25.gif

[GATOMAN2007]

how long did it for her to sink?

[tambor198]

Originally posted by GATOMAN2007:
how long did it for her to sink?



about an hour and a half game time.

[lane2512]

Mr. T,,,,,

I tried something similar last night but didn't punch in the bow....do you have to hit them right on the chin( keel/bow joint)?

[tambor198]

All I can tell you lane is that I had the degree of spread to zero so both torpedoes hit at the same point. Things happened pretty fast an there might have been a 0-5 degree AOB (just guess there though).