In areas of heavy air cover, I sit tight at 90 meters during the day, then explore at night. If it's an open ocean area, I wander around until I find a shipping lane. If it's somewhat restricted, like part of Convoy College, for example, I run short search patterns perpendicular to the suspected lanes, keeping the radar detection ranges in mind to maintain a small amount of overlap.
I've had very good results haunting larger straits, such as Tsugaru and Makassar. The SBS has a high pucker factor when Kurita comes to call; I usually opt instead for the point where the Sibuyan Sea narrows down on the way to the SBS.
I detest the shallow water assignments like Jawa Sea and only engage with Mark 16s from 4000 meters plus. As soon as the salvo is launched, I'm reversing away as fast as possible without giving away my position. Tried it once with a TF...once...and survived, but it was a near run thing. I wound up reversing at full speed for 20 km while firing DTT shots at charging escorts as fast as they could be loaded.
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