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Originally Posted by popeye
perhaps they had been hit by another sub, and were lagging behind their task force due to engine problems.
still pretty lucky.
i hit a convoy yesterday, and all the DD's literally just sat and did nothing while i sank all the merchants. motionless. drifting.
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I had a fog-time Merchant encounter once where I sank 5 ships and none of the DDs ever came close. Basically I silent ran in, periscope depth, let loose a 10 torp volley and dive for reload. Then I came up again and fired another 10 torps. All in all 5 ships sank, 2 damaged. I decided not to stick around so I dived and ran silently for a while until I was sure the coast was clear. All this time I could hear light screws on constant courses. Not even evasive action let alone hunting for whomever sand the merchants.
