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Originally Posted by propbeanie
The IJN also did not have a concerted ASW doctrine, leaving it to local authorities to cover (or not) ships as they left. Convoying was not required. Early in the war, there was basically minimal escort protection for anything other than troop transports and task forces. Also, we might have to look at the dud rate further if you didn't have enough duds that five of the seven you encountered didn't get away with a dud or two sticking in their hulls... 
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I confirm having no dud. None. Zilch.
That said, I usually aim 10-15 feet above the target's measured draft, contact/influence selected (and yes, I know it's a bit of metagaming - hindsight 20/20 tells me that Mark 14 eels go 10-20 feet lower than progammed). They all WAD upon target contact, though.
Also, most of my shots were taken between between 45-70 degs AOB.