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Originally Posted by TheSatyr
For those who complain about convoys coming to a complete stop once a ship is attacked,well that's just what happened to the USS Barb during an attack on a convoy.
The Barb had torpedoed a few ships,the convoy came to a complete stop,2 escorts went back to stand by one of the torpedoed ships and the rest of the escorts just milled around doing nothing.
Sound familiar?
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How many convoys
didn't do this? I'll wager there were plenty more instances where the convoy started making big course changes and put on flank speed.
I find it very hard to believe that Japanese merchant doctrine was to order an all stop when attacked by submarine.