well, youll be offered new boats if you do well. S boats are absolutely terrible and should never be started out with if your new. Mark 10 also suck, and the best torpedo is the MK18 i believe. its a much upgraded MK 14. the balao is the best sub available, but only available in uhhh 1944 i think. and destroyers find you to easily in stock even with the thermal. mods do an excellent job.
and btw Welcome to the SubSim Forum

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