Trigger happy swine!
In some books I've read, the U-boats started to take "friendly fire" in the late war, 1943-44, when attacks against the german land forces and occupied naval bases began to increase in frequency and success. A large part no doubt, because they were drafting younger troops (15-16 yr olds) and shorter training times to get them to the front as fast as possible, inexperience can be a killer.
Maybe they were overly enthusiastic in their salute of you and your gallant crew that they literally couldn't contain themselves....
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