Since AVGWarhawk is so skeptical of my score, here's some simple math:
Note I said this earlier:
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Originally Posted by ColonelSandersLite
Discounting those two harbor raids, that averages to around 38,500 tons per patrol.
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Most fleet boats have carry 24 torpedoes.
Fired in volleys of 4 torpedoes is 6 salvos. Some volleys would be smaller, but this is basically a worst case.
The average merchant is in the neighborhood of 5,000 tons. Some heavier some lighter, but that's a decent average.
6 salvos * 5,000 tons = 30,000 tons.
If you can shoot straight, that's a reasonably easy score to get. Notice that this number isn't much lower than the 38,500 ton average I had been getting? Hmmmmm....
If you consider that I tend to sink the small ships (in the 2-3k tons range) with the deck gun, that skews the average tonnage per merchant torpedoed upwards. If you're so all fired against using the deck gun for more than personal defence and finishing off cripples, just let the smaller ones go and I would be supprised if you couldn't achieve 35k+ per patrol without too much difficulty. Simple as that.