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Originally Posted by Bulkhead
Ok, so for a destroyer its not enuff to stop the props for a short moment, it have to slow down as well......?!?
Yes, get out of there is my choice of action too, but i came across two huge liners that i wanted on my tonnage-sunk-list.
The two liners where protected by 4 destroyers.
When i got them on my radar i dived and listen. As they got closer i dived further down to 200 ft to get under the "thermal layer", i used my ping sonar some times to determine how far away.
4-6000 yrds i got up to periscope depth without using the props. The destroyers starts to ping me and i have to go back down to 200 ft and move a little bit out of the lane.
After 15-20 mins the two liners are right over me and passing whithout the destroyers finding me.
I wait for a few more mins, and go back up to periscope-depth.
Now i am in an angle from behind the liners, but the destroyers zig-zagging is working obviously, and i ending up using my torpedo loadout at them instead of the two heavy liners.....YES. it was TWO!!!!
How would anyone of you do this scenario?
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I to usually just let the destroyers go (unless I have a really good close shot and plenty of fish) but one thing you might want to keep in mind, every time you use that ping sonar around a DD you basically give away your position and if they happen to be the "elite" DD's, that can be a problem to say the least. I like to stay under the thermal layer until the lead DD passes then call battlestations and raise to periscope depth. I raise my scope just long enough for visual conformation. If they are still not where I want, I lower it and wait. After I fire all my intended fish, I dive deep and turn under the convoy so their noise makes it harder to pinpoint me. Always keep it about 2-3 knots, silent running the whole time of course.