Yes, there are ships assigned as "leader of the pack" in all convoys, and all escort vessels (DD & lower) can be (but aren't always) assigned as "Escort" for a particular convoy. This is microwaved at a super-high temperature (not just baked) into the game. The behavior you have noted can also happen without the loss of a "leader" vessel. It can happen without anything even having been detected by the convoy. Some of the ships just cannot "convoy" together. CapnScurvy is working on that particular behavior (discovered while working on the sonar), and it has to do with what's been mentioned in the above posts, but probably some parts are "hard coded" into the game also. It would be nice if each ship could "keep station" in a convoy, and split off when desired, but "oh well". Part of the game...
The radar has been tweaked multiple times, and should not be turning back on when you submerge and then surface again... but I have not checked that myself. Are you running v0.63, and if so, did you do a "fresh" activation, after having cleared your Save folder? Any other mods in with it? Also, kind of important: which radar is exhibiting this behavior? SJ? SD? all of them?
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