Only once.
I was at the end of my osygen, and had to surface.
Just knowing that they are in the neighborhood, is generaly more than enough to keep me down.
I surfaced (not too far from Gibralter).
An Elco came at us out of nowhere.
Knowing that USN PT Boats were made of plywood, my intension was to present my bow at flank speed, and ram if possible.
I only had the deck gun manned to save my BM and watch crew from being machine gunned.
(Ja. I saw the gunner and his guys as being more expendable).
The gunner showed me that he was NOT expendable, by taking out the Elco.
We got our oxygen and went back "down under" very shortly before the expected DDs arrived.
We were super lucky that time, but Elcos still scare me, and I sure don't want to try it again. The no longer "expendable" gunner got a promotion, and newfound respect from me.
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