You know, I thought the same thing about it. Why would they give notice they were there waiting? I didn't question him about it, and the fact that Donitz recalled it as well. More than likely it really hapened.
I can tell you another story he told me even more interesting that is along those same lines:
They used to play movies aboard during convoy runs. One night after a movie they got a radio signal that read, "We enjoyed the musical you played for us this evening. Heil Hitler."
Apparenty a U boat overheard the music from the movie form underwater. I wondered about this as you would have noise from the ship engines as well.
Anyway after that, the captain of the Daniel, forgot his name, only that he was from Manhatten, played no more movies.
My uncle would have been in a position to have known that as he was electrical/radio specialist on the Daniel.
The ship was scrapped in '74, he was present at the time. They needed a mast to put in front of a naval office somewhere for flags and they just happened to pick out the one off his ship because it was on the corner, easy to get to.
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