I am happy to report the sinking of a Soviet cargo ship, Soviet frigate, Soviet corvette, and the downing of one IL38 May ASW aircraft with no loss to my command!
Whew, re-loaded and made it after 2 more tries. I saw the May dropping depth charges this time, I think that's what got me. I tunnel-visioned into a high-speed dash on my previous attempts and he picked me up pretty easy.
After reigning in my CO (hey, I can play exec sometimes, right?), we kept a slower, perpindicular course and exited the area of operations.
Now, how to get that next Ruskie sub........