Silent Victory USS Nautilus War Patrol #2 AAR March 1942

 

Hello and welcome to the second patrol of the mighty USS Nautilus commanded by Lt. Commander William H. Brockman Jr. If you missed their first War Patrol you can click here to see what you missed.

Silent Victory USS Nautilus War Patrol #1 AAR December 1941

 

Hello and welcome to the next submarine launch since Pearl Harbor, the USS Nautilus (SS-168). The Nautilus is the second submarine-launched of the Narwhal class (in my game) and is commanded by Lieutenant Commander William H. Brockman Jr.

Lt Commander William H. Brockman Jr.

Silent Victory USS Porpoise War Patrol #4 AAR September 1942

 

Hello sailors and welcome to the 4th War Patrol of the USS Porpoise (SS-172) captained by Lt. Commander Joseph A Callaghan. Before the Porpoise sets sail please click here for their 3rd War Patrol if you missed it.

USS Porpoise SS-172

After their last War Patrol, the Porpoise has been in dock for the previous month being refit for their next patrol. The newly promoted Expert Pharmacist's Mate is onboard and ready to go.

Silent Victory USS Porpoise War Patrol #3 AAR June 1942

 

Hello and welcome to the 3rd War Patrol of the USS Porpoise (SS-172). If you missed the Porpoises' 2nd War Patrol you can click here to see what you missed.

After a month of refit and resupply, the Porpoise is ready to ship out for their 3rd War Patrol. The Brass orders Lt. Commander Callaghan to make their way to the Philippines and patrol the area on the lookout for Japanese ships to sink.

Silent Victory USS Porpoise War Patrol #2 AAR March 1942

 

Hello and welcome to the 2nd War Patrol of the USS Porpoise (SS-172). If you missed the Porpoises' 1st War Patrol you can click here to see what you missed.

USS Porpoise SS-172

Silent Victory USS Porpoise War Patrol #1 AAR December 1941

Hello and welcome to the 1st War Patrol of the USS Porpoise (SS-172) with the game Silent Victory. The Porpoise is a new class of submarine by the US Navy that was designed and commissioned in the 1930s and fought throughout World War 2. The Porpoise is the first boat of this class and gave the class its name. At the beginning of WW2, the USS Porpoise was captained by Lieutenant Commander Joseph A. Callaghan.

In December 1941 the Porpoise is based at the Brisbane docks in Australia. The Navy outfits the Porpoise with war munitions and once the crew and Captain are aboard they ship out for their first War Patrol of WW2.

USS Porpoise in dock

Silent Victory USS Narwhal War Patrol #5 AAR December 1942

 

Hello and welcome to the fifth War Patrol of the Narwhal class USS Narwhal (SS-167). If you missed the Narwhal's last patrol you can click here to find out what you missed.

Silent Victory USS Narwhal War Patrol #4 AAR September 1942

 

Hello and welcome to the fourth War Patrol of the Narwhal class USS Narwhal (SS-167). If you missed the Narwhal's last patrol you can click here to find out what you missed.

Silent Victory USS Narwhal War Patrol #3 AAR June 1942

Hello and welcome to the third war patrol of the Narwhal class USS Narwhal (SS-167). If you missed the Narwhal's last war patrol you could click here to find out what you missed.

Silent Victory USS Narwhal War Patrol 2 March 1942

 

Hello and welcome to the second war patrol of the Narwhal class USS Narwhal (SS-167). If you miss the Narwhal's first war patrol you can click here to find out what happened.

The Narwhal pulled into the Pearl Harbor pens in early February in 1942 and after a quick two-week refit the Narwhal is fully loaded and ready for its next war patrol. Naval Command has chosen the Narwhal to head to the heart of the Japanese Empire and patrol off their coast.

 

Silent Victory USS Narwhal War Patrol 1

 

Hello and welcome to the first War Patrol of the USS Narwhal (SS-167), a brand new submarine that is a new class of submarines based upon a modified Tambor class submarine. We've been playing the War Patrols of the USS Tambor but I've stopped those missions for now since they survived to 1943 and I'm planning on playing each submarine one year at a time so today we begin the USS Narwhal.

USS Narwhal (SS-167)

Silent Victory USS Tambor War Patrol 4

 

After its third successful War Patrol the USS Tambor has been ordered on a fourth patrol around the Empire of Japan area of the Pacific Ocean. The sub has been resupplied and the Captain and crew of the Tambor set out on their fourth War Patrol.

Silent Victory USS Tambor War Patrol 3

Lieutenant Commander Smith has been ordered out on his third War Patrol as the captain of the USS Tambor after successfully completing his two previous patrols. Sailing out of Pearl Harbor during the month of June 1942 the Tambor is to patrol around the Empire of Japan

Silent Victory USS Tambor War Patrol 2

Today Lieutenant Commander Smith, Captain of the USS Tambor, begins his second war patrol. The Tambor's first war patrol was a success with being awarded a Bronze Star, you can click here to read War Patrol 1. For their second War Patrol, the USS Tambor has been assigned to patrol around Midway Island with the sub pulling away from Pearl Harbor in March 1942.

Pearl Harbor

Silent Victory USS Tambor War Patrol 1

President Roosevelt

President Roosevelt, "Yesterday, December 7th, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan."

Admiral Harold Stark

Admiral Stark, "Execute unrestricted air and submarine warfare against Japan."

It is December 8th, 1941 and the Empire of Japan has attacked the US Naval Base at Pearl Harbor Hawaii. Admiral Stark has ordered all US submarines in the Pacific to attack Japanese shipping as a way to blockade the island of Japan.

Lieutenant Commander Smith, the Captain of the USS Tambor SS-198 has been ordered to begin a war patrol around the Island of Japan. The USS Tambor, the first of the Tambor class submarine of the US Navy, was built by Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut, and was commissioned on June 3rd, 1940. Tambor Class Submarines are 1475 tons surfaces, 2370 submerged, is 307 feet long. It has a top speed of 20.4 knots surfaced, 8.75 knots submerged, can safely go to a depth of 250 feet with a surfaced range of 11,000 nautical miles and 48 hours submerged at 2 knots. Tambor submarines have a complement of six officers and 54 enlisted crew, has six forward torpedo tubes, and four.

Silent Victory: US Submarines in the Pacific, 1941-45 Board Game Introduction

I've recently gotten into naval warfare for the first time in my life, particularly WW2 submarine action. I'm mostly interested in the U-Boat battles in the Atlantic and the US in the Pacific so to satisfy my submarine wargaming cravings I purchased the game U-BOOT. Unfortunately for me, the game came in the mail the day before Hurricane Isaias hit and knocked power out for a week and the game requires a phone or tablet to play and I couldn't spare the power to play the game. Plus it's pretty complicated and I wanted to watch some videos online to see how it plays. So for this reason I went in search of a submarine game I could play if I had no power and I found Silent Victory from GMT Games.

Wings Of Glory City Game Mat Review

Ares, the makers of Wings Of Glory has released a series of game mats to play both World War One and Two versions of the game on. These mats are not essential to playing Wings Of Glory but they look great and can really take your games to the next level.

M4 Sherman Medium Tank by Warlord Games Review

When it comes to World War 2 one of the most famous tanks is the Sherman. Designed by the US and used by the allies the Sherman tank was also the second most prolific with a total of just under 50,000 being built. While it was one of the best tanks when they began to see combat, by D-Day there were much more powerful and armored tanks than the Sherman. The Allies were still able to do damage with Shermans due to the amount of Shermans the allies could utilize in battle compared to the Germans who's tanks were superior but of much limited quantity.

U.S. Army Jeep WW2 By Warlord Games Bolt Action

This jeep is the latest build that I've finished for a lot of stuff I've recently purchased related to World War 2.

German WW2 Stug III AUSF G by Warlord Games Review

I've started to build up some Germans for the western front which currently includes a Tiger 1 tank. Today I add a second piece of armor, a Stug III which is an assault gun that I learned from Wikipedia was the second most produced armored vehicle by the Germans in WW2.