An update to my second patrol: As I watched the neutral tanker sail by I started getting hydrophone reports of a merchant off my port beam. With no time to turn around I engaged emergency speed reverse and readied tube 5. The other merchant turned out to be a Granville type freighter flying a British flag. I hit her in the engine room, surfaced and finished her off with the deck gun. This brought my patrol tonnage to roughly 21,400 tons. I set a southwesterly course and less than an hour later my watch crew sighted another merchant. I turned toward her and sighted two more darkened ships, sailing one behind the other. It's a good thing I still have three torps in the bow tubes. Sometimes things just work out. This will be my first multi-ship attack so hopefully all will go well.
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