In my last patrol I encountered a lightly escorted northbound convoy east of Luzon on Christmas eve 1941. Spent a good 5 hours game time doing an end around and getting in perfect firing position ahead, no escorts in front of the convoy at all, the two escorts were hanging out at the back end of the convoy. This was all set to be a slaughter.
I fired off my entire load of 16 torps at the leading ships in 2-3 attacks before the two escorts cornered me.
Results:
4 deep-runners went right under the target's keel without exploding.
2 prematures
6 duds
3 misses
1 hit, ship didn't sink and kept going.
Newport Torpedo Station probably heard me swearing at them all the way over in Rhode Island.
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11 War Patrols / 56 ships sunk or damaged for 212,022 tons
Zero casualties throughout the war
Scuttled on 8 May, 1945 in Sonderburg Bay, after German surrender
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