I basically come at them like this:
Imagine a clock if you would. Lead escort is at the 12 o'clock. The side escort are at 9 and 3 o'clock and the rear escort is at 6 o'clock. Roughly the lead is searching ahead of the convoy. The two side DD are looking off to the side and the rear escort searching the rear and sometimes ahead. What I do is position my heading to come in either at the 10 o'clock position or the 2 o'clock position. These seem to be the blind spots. I also go in below the thermal layer and once the lead escort has passed, I move to periscope depth and prepare the torps for firing. Once you get past that lead escort, you are pretty much good to go. Remember though, only use the scope sparingly. Leaving it up to enjoy the view is not good. I concentrate on 2 to 3 ships only. I'm certainly not going to sink them all in once shot. What I do like currently is the mix of DD and how effective they are. Some convoys are just going to be tough as all heck. Others will be the turkey shoot. Try what I do and see if that works for you.
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