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Originally Posted by Armistead
well, that adds a new element of surprise.
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Absolutely. Just had another on the way home from first patrol in June 1942. Fueled at Midway and next morning, made trim dive. Sound picked up...submerged enemy submarine off to port and sound of torpedoes in water. Submerged japanese submarine had fired torpedoes (finally!) at me. Part of the patrol line of IJN subs meant to detect the US fleet.
I was surprised sound did not hear it approaching since usually report ships even on surface due to chin mounted sound heads, perhaps due to damage suffered on patrol (noticed had stopped working as well after a really tough depth charging, guess was not repaired at midway) and choppy seas. Trim dive saved my boat.