[IceGrog]

On my first mission to the Caribbean less than half across I ran into a convoy, I wouldn’t say a large one but from what I’ve seen it has 7 large Liberty Ships and one troop transport. I’ve been struggling to get around it so I could get in front but the convoy keep sending out one DD at a time to search for me (GWX 1943) At the beginning it was early morning with some heavy fog, for the first DD I went to periscope depth and reduced to 2knots, the DD came at me but was zig-zagging, when he got close enough I sunk him. With the time I lost I went to the surface to see if I could catch up and get in front, another DD was sent to search for me, again he came zig-zagging towards me, I fired but this one missed, he must not have known I was there (the weather was starting to get rough) he went right by me and into my rear sight of my torpedo. He started to burn, as I turned my scope around there was another DD off my port side that was now coming straight at me, I quickly shot three torpedoes, only one hit but I knew I was lucky because one was enough. Two more times I surface to catch up and each time a lone DD was sent back in a zig-zagging coarse, after the last DD went down I surfaced again to pick up the chase, this time the convoy came into sight, I was closer than I thought, but they were still too far out. Strange thing too they were all at 5knots but going in all kinds of different directions. I couldn’t see or hear any warships. I went full speed towards the convoy, I had almost three torpedoes loaded, the closer I got I could see that the convoy was starting to get back into an organized convoy and still no warship. At a distance of 4500 their speed started to pick up to 14knots, that’s when the end Liberty ship opened up his guns on me. I panicked and sent off my three torpedoes at that Liberty ship, I had lead it too much and as the third torpedo missed the bow of the cargo ship, it hit the troop ship, but it didn’t go down. Now I’m flowing this convoy, and maybe now in the dark I can get in close enough or around it, but I only have two torpedoes left, in the rear, one up front.
(I hope another DD doesn’t spawn?)
I was proud of taking down the DD’s it was harder than the way this reads. And oh yeah I’m still far enough out at sea so when a plane shows up they can’t stay too long.