When I am bored I will risk dueling with aircraft but most of the time you really do come out the loser. Some AA guns simply do not pack enough punch until later in the war when you get a better one. Small caliber against a rocket or a 250 lbs bomb simply is not good odds. Couple that with your lack of quick maneuverability and your just sinking to the bottom in no time.
I crash dive at every radar signal detected. I only surface quickly again for one reason. My sonar man picking up shipping on the sonar. If I have radar and sonar from the same bearing I know it is shipping and we are on a more equal footing for speed and maneuverability. Then I plot an intercept course and seeing how may I can sink.
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