I was on the surface, in the middle of the Atlantic, at night, medium fog, wind 15ms, overcast, when a lone destroyer appeared out of nowhere and crossed my stern, on a perpendicular course, at about 400 to 500 meters.
I couldn't believe the destroyer couldn't see me.
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U.Kdt.Hdb B. I. 28) This possibility of using the hydrophone to help in detecting surface ships should, however, be restricted to those cases where the submarine is unavoidably compelled to stay below the surface.
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