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Originally Posted by tater
39 DCs. Does it mention what they thought she was?
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The attack started on page 79. All it says is, "Finally we were able to observe the tops of three marus, southbound and apparently on a course that would enable us to close for an attack. Later we could see they had a single escort, a destroyer type. He was pinging."
The number of DCs is correct (not a typo on my part). And I've read elsewhere that somebody aboard the boat always kept count ... but, under the circumstances, I suppose he might've made a mistake.
The number of DCs dropped during a single pass would vary. Early on, some escorts would panic and drop quickly ... even before pinpointing the sub's location. Sometimes, though, they'd hang around for a couple hours without dropping a single DC.