I know how you guys feel. I was chasing a lone cargo ship off the east coast of Britain on one of my first patrols right after the war started. It was dark, raining, windy, and foggy, so I was often up on the bridge to help the watch crew, but I wasn't up there all the time.
Then, I happened to be walking throught he command room, when I saw the Chief Engineer hovering tensely over the men manning the bow planes. That's odd. I asked the Watch Officer for a contact report, and he answered all non chalant, "Nearest contact bearing 003°, range 100 meters." He might as well have shouted "Iceberg, right ahead!" I rushed up to the bridge and order a turn just in time to avoid running into the C-2, big as a house. Without the element of surprise, my last two torpedos missed. If only I could've thrown that officer overboard...
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