Let's Play Silent Hunter IV - Patrol 1 - Part 6

We happen upon another task force, with surprising results. And you'll be surprised by why it's surprising. I guess that goes without saying. You know what? I hate writing these damn things. I feel compelled to come up with some pithy little witticisms in spite of the fact that no one will read them. It's a thankless and utterly unnecessary job JUST LIKE EVERYTHING I DO URRRRGGGHHH I'M GONNA GO WRITE IN MY LIVEJOURNAL.

[@effingcontroller]

Believe me, I'm hardwired to crash dive any time I see anything in the air. I've accidentally ordered a crash dive because of seagulls before.

[@tshafe069]

Ye Gods, that secondary was spectacular! What are the chances that scout-plane that bombed you earlier was on-board? I'm going to say it was, just for the revenge factor.

[@amshermansen]

Such a pity that KZbin kills the nighttime experience - Up that gamma when you record future Silent Hunter campaigns :)

[@97iliketrains]

Its okay, Effing Controller, i read the little 'About/More info' things. I enjoy reading them haha

[@Raptorx911]

"Congratulations! Your Having a Cruiser!" Damn... we wanted a Carrier...

[@chickenpermission]

thank you for doing this series. lot of time on the road and your videos are awesome study for future play.

[@effingcontroller]

I noticed this well after the fact and I was wondering if anyone else would. You are absolutely right and I feel sort of dumb for not noticing as I took the shot (the torpedoes were all going in different directions). Certainly I won't make any more stupid mistakes like that again!

[@Tailmange]

Hello Mr Controller! Just a quick tip: you're firing with the torpedo position keeper on (the red button on the left in the scope view), which I believe means that the targeting computer will take your speed, AOB etc and (if the figures are correct) track the ship's course for you, regardless of where you point your scope. That means you can't really aim for bits of the ship like you do in SH3. You can change each torpedo's course in between shots in the torpedo settings bit.

[@Shenaldrac]

Way late, I know, but there's another big reason why US subs had a hard time in WW2. The standard Mk. 14 torpedo had a ton of flaws that went undiagnosed and unfixed for well over a year. These flaws resulted in 3 primary common failures: 1) The torpedo was actually, due to using an improperly weighted test charge during development, prone to running deep, and would thus often miss an enemy ship entirely, since the "correct" depth setting would actually end up making it go deeper. 2) Due to increased torpedo speeds, the force of impact on a direct hit would actually destroy... one of the firing pins I think? Some bit that's needed to tell the warhead to go boom. So setting up a direct 90 degree attack, which doctrine of the time said was the best way to make your attack, would result in dud after dud. Making an oblique angle of attack would impart less force when the torpedo hit, and allow it to function properly far more often. 3) Possibly the saddest, due to an issue with the torpedo's rudder, the Mk 14 was prone to circling. That is, being fired and swinging to one side, traveling in a circle... until it hit the sub that fired it. Yeah. And I just realized that since I only started watching these last episode when a friend linked me you might have discussed this already in previous vids, but I'mma post it anyway by gahd!

[@StrollingOnMoon]

Nice job with that seaplane tender. I have an old 4:3 monitor I keep around just to watch your videos and play Silent Hunter 3. Never stop and please visit some harbors.

[@Christopher-N]

(5:30) It reminds me of when the Sesame Street Martians discover radio, or more accurately, when they tune it to between stations.

[@NightOwlModeler]

I seem to recall them having two ships of that seaplane carrier type. The other I think was converted to a full carrier or something... I'll have to go dig out my Jane's WW2 ships book. Chitose and Mizuho was the name of the other slightly smaller one. Nisshin was similar, but with more powerful engines and faster. While not sisters to each other, they're definitely close cousins. :P

[@ComicBookGuy33]

Chitose had one sister ship, Chiyoda. Both were converted to Light Aircraft Carriers in 1943. Both lost at Leyte Gulf 1945.

[@christiansouthworth9294]

I used to do that but when I have good trick. You wait until the AA gun starts firing and the you go ahead flank and then turn hard to port or starboard.(Doesn't really matter which one.) 99% of the time the bomb's miss you and then your can just keep going on your merry way.

[@Raptorx911]

I read the descriptions EC. Keep it together man!

[@wickywoo1635]

i'm curious why didn't the navy had a system of rearming the ships out in sea? bringing more torpedos and other supplies?

[@effingcontroller]

I meant to answer this a while back, sorry! I think the US Navy's sub tenders were usually moored in ports rather than chilling out in the open ocean. I'm not seeing a whole lot in the logs I'm reading saying that they were stationed at sea like the German supply ships and milch cows. Instead, they'd be stationed at a place like Midway or Guam, which was pretty much just as good in the Pacific. One of the problems with vanilla SH3 was that if you rearmed at sea, your patrol ends and (I think?) you're fully resupplied. It's pure speculation, but not including this feature in SH4 could have been a convenient way for them to avoid the issue altogether. I don't think that there's even a mod that keeps you from having to end your patrol (although I think there are some that make it so you're not repaired, fully rearmed, and refueled).

[@TheManForRealz]

Nice shot indeed. I kinda like the Hey we scored a hit-alarm :D

[@Tailmange]

I think it's why you hit the same place twice. If the target hadn't have speeded up, the 3rd torpedo would probably have hit the same place again.

[@wulfie1199]

this is turning out to be a awesome first patrol ^.^

[@KurtSteiner]

Amazing.... it seems that you're quite lucky in this reincarnation. Perhaps from having me in your crew from the start! Or in spite of that...

[@MrWhitedragon8]

nice one sir,a another one gos down to the ground sea

[@hitman911946]

Good hit. You cant go silent running cause of a game bug, if you pause and alt tab above water the game will think you'r still above water so no silent running. Same if you pause and alt tab out under water, keep building CO2 even when surfaced. So yeah, if you plan to alt tab dont pause...

[@brandenconover1709]

have you herd of the ss nomadic aka the lasts of the White Star Lines ships still flowting

[@cameronrichards59]

Thanks you curently are my only subscription uploadig silent hunter 4

[@Tailmange]

I thought it was pretty clear I was making an friendly insult here. 'Oaf' isn't a particularly offensive insult nowadays, is it? Still, I'm sorry if my use of it offended you or Effing Controller in any way.

[@SuperCompany007]

You can't go to silent running while loading torpedoes i believe.

[@majxerxes5041]

I read the description everyone should

[@JohnDoe-ff2fc]

More or less the history of S 38, scroll to the bottom. This site lists all of the S Boats. (I think the S Boats were eventually sent to San Diego, Ca. and used as training vessels) www.pigboats.com/subs/s-boats3.html USS S-38 SS 143 on Asiatic Station in the late 1920's On Dec 21, 1941 the S-38 was ordered to attack the Japanese forces in Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Philipines. The S-38 crept into the gulf over a coral reef to evade Japanese patrol boats. and fired on and sank the transport Hayo Maru, a 5400 ton ship, though the Japaese counter attacked the S-38 slipped away. A Battery explosion forced her return to Manila on Christmas Eve.

[@cameronrichards59]

if you go to midway or the aluten islands durning june 1942 the 3rd is the first day of the battle of midway also can i have a sailior and next time you record and sink something rescue one of the crew they may be able to give you intel on where ships are

[@cameronrichards59]

if you want to know any thing about the pacific theater of ww2 just unless u know it already if you see a plane and your on the surface go under the emergancy command tab and look for crash dive it is the fastest way to dive i know of if you depethchardge and you need to surface there iis blow balast

[@effingcontroller]

Check your feed in a few hours, I MIGHT just be uploading something...

[@hartzaden]

congrats Effing you just killed the only ship of her class, eliminating a class if ships is something few submariner get to do and in a fing S boat of all things

[@cameronrichards59]

when are starting the next patrol

[@MrDicks420]

that was fucking awesome

[@ComicBookGuy33]

*Sorry, Leyte Gulf was 1944.

[@yeltneb9390]

yeah silent

[@skydoesrobloxyao8741]

i see your vids to

[@DBJCobb]

HAHA........Nice hit

[@tengu190]

Why have you not deck gunned anything yet! or at least rammed another ship.

[@cameronrichards59]

ask

[@cameronrichards59]

also can you add me to your crew deck gunner or billage rat I do not give a flying fuck