I thought it was a small old split, sure looked like it from the angle she was at. I wanted to stay out of range of her small guns so I surfaced far at a distance to where we would be out of their range.
As it turned out is was a med old split--with large guns. The crew wasn't the best in their aim, but I didn't want to risk them improving, so we crash dived.
In the book "Silent Victory" I recall reading about a capt who was "blind as a bat". Don't recall his name, but from now own my "name" will be his.
The only time a destroyer surprised me was one of those "sleepers" they tend to keep dead in the water as the rest of the group sails on. That was a very close call.
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