I agree Bubble. I think they had to be on the surface. I think it said the planes were at full dive. If they would've been dived, hitting full planes would've been crazy in shallow water. Wonder if that escort came up on them and they just got under....never know. With only one tube fired it was obvious they tried to attack something quick. I would think if they were gonna fire on a convoy other tubes would be open and ready. Maybe they tried a shot on the escort and missed and just got under....
The escorts the US subs fought all appeared to have radar and put up some good gun battles driving the subs off.
I understand not wanting to pry around in the sub, but would be amazing to know how it is inside, but obvious the JP's didn't lie about this one, that was a fairly close hit. Think that shows they probably saw where it dived.
Last edited by Armistead; 11-13-10 at 12:29 PM.
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