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CA Astoria collides with DD Phelps at 151 , 145

In history or in the game?

ORIGINAL: Don Bowen


In history or in the game?

I meant the game but I know it was did happen more than a few times.

I've had this happen to me also. I thought it might have been related to task force size (eg 25) but you only had 10 ships in the TF. Maybe it's related to the Leadership level of the TF commander? VADM Pierce is sorely lacking in leadership, maybe he had his map upside down [:D]

In "Beans, Bullets and Black Oil" there are a lot of references to ships colliding. It seems to have been a not insignificant percentage of battle repairs.

Two "eyewitness" notes:

1. My father-in-law, who served in the Royal Navy in WWII was patrolling off Gibraltor when a US ship collided with his. He claims it was due to "American drunkenness" hehe. He's still alive and kicking god bless.
2. I served as a deckhand in the merchant marines on the Great Lakes one summer, and they let a junior officer take the wheel. He promptly passed under a bridge at a 45 degree angle almost hitting one of the bridge supports.

So yeah, "stuff" happens.

I think the real question here is how often does it happen in the game, and especially how likely is it to effect strategy?   Ship collisions have been a fact of life since cavemen rolled the second log into the water..., and they should be part of the game.  On the other hand, when a player is sailing out looking for his first big carrier battle, the last thing he wants to see is "Enterprise collides with Wasp" (or Kaga with Shokaku).   That's the kind of "realism" that can spoil a game entirely...
 
So the question for designers is "Is this going to be a colorfull nuisance..., or a potential disaster?"

In my first CG I had two collision reports, both involving AI ships.  The first was a CA colliding with a DD, the second was a pair of AK's colliding.  That was in 3 months of game time with lots of surface battles.

Wasn't there a destroyer that got sliced in half in the Atlantic and they managed to repair it? Seem to remember that the back 2/3s of the ship managed to stay afloat.

ORIGINAL: Shark7

Wasn't there a destroyer that got sliced in half in the Atlantic and they managed to repair it? Seem to remember that the back 2/3s of the ship managed to stay afloat.

USS Murphy

Had this happen twice in Wienie Roasting [:D]

Sometimes, it's really important!!!!





And you oughta take a look at Indiana...