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Originally Posted by -Pv-

Nice battle story.

It might have come out quite different with no or little damage to yourself if you had kept moving instead of all stop. All the DD had to do was drop enough cans on your last detected position. You can use speeds less than 1/3 and slip away making a lot less noise and you can retain your turn manouvering. 30 degrees is the best evasive turn during the 1st DC run while you are still slowing rather than 90. 90 slows you down too much and makes you vulnerable to the typical DC drop patturn where there are at least two cans dropped one to either side of the suspected track. After an initial 30, get a little distance and make successive 60s. Sitting still when the DD knows where you are is futile. Even though you are still making a little noise at slow speed, at least you are turning, changing depth, and moving away from the drop patturn. Keeping the DD guessing every moment is cruicial.

The only times in over 20 years of playing sub sims sitting still had any advantage at all is when I wasn't yet detected and I was waiting in a favorable position for an opening. The other use for it is when you know the DDs are dropping on their best guess a little ways away and you don't want them to hear where you really are. When being attacked, if you keeep moving (even if it's nearly a dead crawl) the DDs are dropping on where you WERE rather than where you ARE.
-Pv-

Thanks Pv, I will try that during tonights patrol. I'm still a newbie when it comes to evasion, I usually dive deep and cross my fingers : ).