Here is my understanding of the utility of the acoustic torpedo. It was originally developed on the premise that they would give the submarines one or two each to use against the escort ships. The idea being that escorts rarely travel slow and their engines are loud. When there was a wolfpack and each sub had one or two acoustic torpedoes they could denude the convoy of escorts. So, get an escorts attention (or just shoot one at an escort while it is weaving) and have them come right at you then shoot an acoustic at them and watch the fun as they explode while trying to get you. I keep one in tube 5 so when I try to get away, I can get them. I have seen an acoustic miss, then circle around and around until it hits its target. I have also seen where they can be wasted on cargo ships (as I have done that myself) but in that circumstance it was the only torpedo I had left.
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