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Originally Posted by ddiplock
Only thing I haven't tried, is diving to say, 100 feet and trying to get in while running deep. But, that might not work either 
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In my opinion, that is the issue. I'm not an expert, but my successes in attacking escorted formations have come when I lock onto the "target of interest" (or lead target if there are multiples you are willing to bag--note I don't lock onto the escorts), engage the PK, and--assuming I'm where I'd like to be relative the base track of the group--go deep (prefer below thermal) sit quite and set your torpedoes. Once sonar tells you the lead escort is passing you begin your ascent from the depths and if necessary final maeuver to fire. Your PK should (provided the formation hasn't changed course--always a risk) tell you the range to target based on last know data and if you check the arrows it will tell you bearing to target to start looking. Keep in mind there are other ships out there and you may want to do a sonar (passive) sweep and/or a periscope sweep as you come up looking for possible close calls or a changed tactical situation. Open tubes as soon as you can to be ready to fire quickly. Once up to PD I lock back onto my target, disengage the PK (I've had it really queer a shot sometimes), and then fire.
What I find is if I'm deep the escorts will run right by provided they don't have other reason to have their alert up (such as spotting you as you approach your intercept point). Before, if I was relatively shallow (over 100') I almost always got clobbered.
Good luck man!