Guess who stopped the leak, pumped all the water out and managed to lift the boat off of the bottom and sneak away back to port?
I feel like the captain of U-96. Except there was no air raid upon return home

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Couple of good news came my way. First of all, the leak was stopped after a pretty short time, meaning it took less time to pump the water out. Second, only one more destroyer came my way when I got the boat off the bottom (the other ships had all run out of depth charges).