normaly i will only do track missions these help my navigational skills, and also tactical skill on how to remain undetected, however when i do face the enamy in surface warfare i have the disadvantage mainly, if i was going up against american force i would be attacking a battle group with a victor III or something like that, or worse still alone.

The idea is not to kill the escorts really just the carrier although sometimes i do take pop shots at the escorts mainly the big aegis ships like the ticos or burkes as i know my surface forces are not able to take them out single handedly unless its a kirov or slava or sovvy.

So far in a track mission's ive taken on my list numerous subs and ships, from carriers to corvettes, some like these ive tracked:

John C Stennis and her battle group med 2004
USS Nebraska Atlantic 2004
USS Rhode Island Atlantic 2005
USS Seawolf Artic 2005
USS Miami Bearents 2005
USS Dallas Kara 2005
HMS Turbulent 2006
HMS Ark Royal and her battle group Med 2006

loads more ive tracked all sorts of vessels but 90% are all fully capible of killing me single handed.

I agree. I'd only go after escorts if I was in a bad spot and worried I was either detected or about to be detected by one.

Targets worth hitting are ticos burkes and carriers.