My favorite spot is the Mona Passage, right along the line between ED11 and ED12. Most of the traffic seems to run east of the Isla Mona, between it and Puerto Rico, although I've also bagged ships west of the Isla Mona, between it and the Dominican Republic.
Today's contact was typical. A convoy of 8 ships escorted by only two Buckley-class destroyers. 5 of the 8 were tankers, and two of the other 3 were large freighters. Easy pickings and for April of 1944 extremely safe.
Note: I came here instead of heading to my assigned patrol zone off Cape Town. I'm in a IXC out of Lorient and when I plotted my course and set the optimal 8.2 knot speed I did not have the fuel to reach Cape Town and return. It might be doable if I fueled up at the U-488. Or I thought about going to Cape Town, running my patrol there, then just ending the patrol instead of sailing home. Any thoughts on how I could have patrolled my assigned grid off South Africa?
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