[Reinhard Dietz]

So I'm puttering around and have found a convoy of troopships. SUBPAC wants them destroyed. Being an old Kriegsmarine hand, I figure there's one way to destroy an early war (17 DEC 1941) convoy, and that's a nighttime surface attack.* The problem here is that it's 0830.

I'm sorely tempted to stalk this convoy---currently anchored or something like it---until nightfall and then race in at flank speed on the surface, but certain things seen in the convoy's guard suggests that would be a short-lived attack. Right now, I'm trending towards a nighttime submerged effort. So, all you fleet boat fanatics: What's the USN manual say?

*Through the magic of the hydrophones and the periscope, I've got a pile of escorts, including a couple of light cruisers.