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Originally Posted by Cybermat47

In 1943 the American subs were ordered to attack the escorts, in order to wipe them out, so that may be the case.

Were they ordered to attack escorts in preference to other ships, or to attack escorts as well as other ships?

It is well known that doctrine was changed to allow attacks on escorts ,since their destruction helped our submarine campaign, but I never heard of orders being given to make escorts primary targets.