At one time, the idea of a "fleet sub" was to travel with the fleet and then submerge and engage at long range. That idea quickly died for many practical reasons. But this idea, unfortunately, had ramifications on torpedo designs that later proved problematic.
Among other good books, I can recommend "Ship Killers" by Wildenberg and Polmar.
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