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I don't know if this had anything to do with it (it should at least) but I hit this same escort with a torpedo the previous morning as I was waiting to finish off his dead-in-the-water escort buddy with a second shot. He had been coming straight toward me so I shot him head on and to my dismay, one torpedo did not do the job (just like his buddy), but after he got hit, instead of continuing after me, he ran away and high-tailed it back to the convoy.
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This is absolutely true; I have seen it many times. I saw it with two separate destroyers in the same convoy last night.
Damaged escorts return to formation and will not pursue you. They should, and will, however, fire on you if they see you. They just won't move to pursue.
I don't know why.
Steve