You are right the wimps gave up quickly. Well, I have read that later in the war, escorts might detach themselves from the screen and loiter for an extended period of time.
Also, this attempt was not totally without merit. In SH2/PA, escorts which were pulled out of formation from a convoy often never returned to the formation. Effectively, you would have stripped the convoy of a portion of its protection.
Finally, if there was a wolf pack, this would have been a nice tactic in assisting the other boats to make their attack unmolested.
Oh, well ...
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