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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins
I agree with that priorities list. Imagine the impact of the order to prioritize DDs must have made, especially to the crewmembers not conning the boat! Everybody knew that when tangling with DDs the advantages were all to the DD.
Of course the Japanese weren't as tenacious in pursuing subs as the game is, most of the time. But if you were bright enough to shoot a torpedo at them you could bet they might take that a bit personally and all bets on them calling off the hunt were likely over. 
Your best shot at a DD was if they were never aware of your presence until the boom! |
I'm sure they thought it was a crazy order. Suppose that is what sent Dealey off on his whack a destroyer campaign? lol Down The Throat shots were pretty effective. I was actually just reading over O Kane's book about Wahoo for reference to some traffic adding in late 42 in solomons where Wahoo conducted her second patrol under her first commander. I browsed forward and read about the Wewak encountered on third patrol with Morton when they made the first successful down the throat shot. balls.
