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The submarines of the Grampus-class were originally commissioned in the late 1940s, right before the end of Wew War II, as Columbia spammed out submarines to combat the Ziamese menace. This example arrived too late to see action, rolling off the production line the day before the armistice. By this point, Columbia had already run out of every cool fish name possible, and therefore named the sub the CWS Grouper (a slow, fat, and exceedingly large fish). But the Grouper was not destined for ignominy. As other subs headed for the scrapyards in post-war budget cuts, the Grouper was kept on the rolls, placing her first on the list for upgrades and modernizations. In 1951, the ship went in for her first set of upgrades. Engineers added new batteries and snorkels, based on the advances in sub design of late-war Germanian U-boats and Ziamese Su-boats. Most notably, they added the bulging nose that would come to define this ship's silhouette. The nose held a newly developed BQR-4 sonar, mounted over the bow torpedo tubes to maximize its range and minimize interference from the rest of the submarine. Unfortunately, the nose dome was prone to leaking during extended dives, and the new electronics didn't take well to salt water. After a disastrous fire aboard the CWS Stickleback in 1955, the Grouper and her sister ships were brought back in for more refits. The first set of fixes added additional waterproofing and safety switches to the BQR-4; strengthening the hull was declared over-budget. But the new circuit breakers proved so sensitive that they regularly tripped during routine operation. The CWS Risso suffered such an incident in 1959, causing an accidental collision with an early Tongorian nuclear submarine that was attempting to travel through the Pamana Channel undetected. So the Grampus-class returned to harbor again. The increasingly frazzled engineers added a second sonar set, called PUFFS, along the top of the sub, housed in three shark-like fins.
The budget cuts continued. While the great powers developed nuclear submarines, Columbia kept patching up the Grampuses. In 1968, the entire crew of the Grouper were busted for smuggling marijuana into Carolina to boost their meager navy salaries. The crew mutinied before the CNEA could catch them and fled south, in what became a major international incident. Carolina blamed Columbia's incredibly lax attitude towards drug smuggling and other immorality in its armed forces, while Columbia blamed the CNEA's draconian law enforcement for frightening their sailors enough to cause a mutiny. As hometown newspapers battled it out and each nation's top lawyers threatened to sue, the crew of the Grouper ran out of diesel somewhere off the coast of Western Rodinia. A passing cruise ship from the Grand-Duchy of Eclusa hailed the surfaced sub; as it happens, the ship was hosting the annual convention for the Rodinian Society of Professional Adult Entertainers. The cruise ship gave them a tow, the crew renamed their ship the HGS Groper, and they happily joined the Eclusan Duchal Navy: in exchange for a promise not to repatriate them or their sub.
The Duke had the ship officially renamed HGS Pelorus Jack, after a dolphin in popular regional folklore that used to guide ships through treacherous waters along the Eclusan coastline. Groper was simply too undignified. The Pelorus Jack was Eclusa's only submarine, and it would be in Eclusa's service that they would achieve their greatest triumphs. Although already 20 years old when it entered Eclusan service, and pushing 30 at the start of the Demon Invasion, the Pelorus Jack fought valiantly. Its crew single-handedly sank seven demon leviathans in Pasagem Harbor in a single day on September 2nd, 1981, clearing the way for refugee ships to evacuate the city. When demon flyers shut down surface transportation to the city a few weeks later, the Pelorus Jack ferried messages, medicine, and essential supplies from Porto Grande to the city's defenders for almost a month before Monsar cavalry could break through and resupply the city by land. A few years later, the Pelorus Jack formed part of the submarine battle line along with Kimmerian nuclear submarines in the Battle of Vinchi City. In 1988, the submarine was in dry dock for repairs and an engine replacement when Zuritanian troops moved into Eclusa. The Monsar-Frankish war was fought almost entirely by land, so the submarine didn't do much except participate in the celebrations on Christmas Day 1988 when Eclusa voted to join Zuritania and become a democracy.
Since then, and the official formation of the United States of Rodinia six months later on July 4th, 1989, Pelorus Jack has been put back into action as an active member of the USR navy. Its vintage sonar has been updated, and its diesel-electric engines rejuvenated with new batteries and machinery. Although it's certainly no match for a modern nuclear attack sub, it will pose a capable threat to enemy shipping or other vessels without modern ASW capabilities. Its captain, Bob Sinkel, has been serving aboard the submarine since the Columbian defection, as have several of the crew. With tensions on the rise with Ulmara, it seems that Pelorus Jack will soon be heading out to sea once again to fight for liberty, democracy, and Rodinian unity.
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This is a mod of my sub from last game. I built it because I read Hunt for Red October, wanted to build my own Red October, realized I couldn't afford my own Red October in Week 3, and then did some reading up on the absolutely goofy-looking American post-war submarines like the Barracuda-class and the GUPPY program. The backstore also isn't as unrealistic as it may seem, barring some of the hero-ship bits: Taiwan has a Tench-class submarine still in service to this day, first launched in 1944.
This sub is now available to export to all qualified BRAAAP-posters.
Built mainly for that purpose.
Wheels and Wake 2020
Agfa APX100 (@320) developed in yum-yum fingerlickin' good 510 Pyro 1+100.
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Phil is a great snowboarder, motorcycle rider and snowmobile rider. He took us for a hell of a ride in march 2023.
I will never forget this.
Shot on the canon 135mm