Hedgehogs are dangerous even for a XXI if you aren't careful. Standoff attacks would be nice but unless you are messing with Ingolin fueled torpedoes I am not sure they are really workable in 1944-1945. From what I remember the destroyer screens at least in the big convoys are such that even the wet-heater on slow settings come up short. And I f I have to start to dodge destroyers then might as well get close with electrics. Of course the VII/IX in 1944-45 were going out largely to tie down allied assets, sinking something and surviving was extra.
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