A fellow Marylander -- cool! I'm in Baltimore
I mentioned that my first patrol was a dud, but what I failed to discuss was my adventure with a capital ship task force west of Ireland. I'm sailing along mid-day, not a care in the world, when my lookouts spot smoke on the horizon. I wander in that direction, and that column of smoke divides into two ... then four ... my sound man starts yelling about warships, and before you know it, I've got the whole doggone Royal Navy about to run me down. The Nelson, for sure, one of the older dreadnaughts, maybe the Hood, a couple of cruisers, and waaaaaaaaay too many DDs
This was my first experience with GWX DDs, and I gotta say, I don't like them! Two came my way post-haste and proceeded to hold me down for a good two hours. Classic tactics, one drifting and the other sprinting in for a DC run, over and over and over. Whew. The only reason they left was homesickness, I think. I got away with no damage, but my goodness, those were very tense moments. And this was September 39. I'm not sure I want to see what happens when 42 or 43 arrives!