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Old 07-22-11, 12:19 PM   #14
Anthony W.
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Originally Posted by Platapus View Post
I was on one of the Alaskan missions.

One escort and one merchant ship.

Two hits on the escort, four hits on the merchant ship 6 duds.

Yeah, it stynks.

Early in the war, I plan on 75% duds and always try for an oblique impact shot.
If the convoy has more than 1 escort, I sprint ahead of it and submerge - stationary. I send all officers and petty officers to the forward room and go to GQ. I launch spreads from maximum range, and when they pass over the top I set silent running, dive below the thermals, come back to launch depth and get rid of the rears, then go silent and creep away at max depth.
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