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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
I've read a few books on the subject, and I don't think I've ever read of a submarine laying a smoke screen.
I also don't recall ever reading of an escort laying a screen to hide a convoy from a submarine.
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I wish I could remember where I read this, but there was some mention in a book about a sub or U-boat slipping away in the diesel smoke of its engines.
Though if you're a sub and your engines are smoking enough to provide you some cover, I'd think something was wrong with them.