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Needless to say, this is quite frustrating, making it almost impossible to finish crippled ships with deck gun.
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US Subs, with few exceptions, didn't "finish off" crippled merchants with their deck guns. This has been hashed and rehashed over and over ad nauseum in the forums and RFB dicussion threads.
For two important reasons:
1. The sub would have to "battle surface", bring the deck watch and guns crews on deck, prepare the gun, get the ammo loading chain in place, etc.... Too much time and risk involved (generally there were either aircraft, escorts or other armed merchants in the vicinity). Besides...
2. The sub was already configured ready to either put another fish in the vessel from either the bow or stern tubes...
Now, for a moment, put yourself in the place of a real US Sub skipper, weigh and consider the options and risks...
Cheers!