I captured the splashes at the carrier deck level again and discovered that if you hit certain areas of the carrier with the cruiser that the damage is applied to the cruiser.
I started off by selecting the forward 5" and spawned in the rear, then moved to the rear 8" and sunk myself by firing at the carrier.
At around 1:40 I actually make "bomb craters" that float past the cruiser.
Also 300 mins to next mission roll is a long wait
