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Originally Posted by Arclight
I remember chasing a particularly lucky one: Fired spread of 4, all hits with 1 detonation. She didn't sink, so I fired 2 more as she was maneuvering. Both hit, both dud. Surfaced and engaged with the gun, staying out of range of theirs. 70 shells later, nothing, not a scratch. Fired 4 more torps in a surface attack, all duds. Fired remaining 80 shells, again not any more flooding, but at least I brought her to a dead stop. Submerged to get close, postioned to hit her flank, and this one finally blew. Down she went.
I think the third torp in the first spread was good, so the fourth + 2 duds after that + 4 duds after the gun didn't do anything makes 7 in a row (at least 6 if the fourth in the spread was the good one), total of 9 in that engagement. 
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At least it was un-escorted evidently.
If ANY of the first four in the salvo would have detonated we would have continued evasion and be 'alive' today.
It was the frustration, and frankly the stupidity of the captain (me) comming back to fire the last two fish in the bow tubes. Yes the second attempt is what got them destroyed.