It was night when I came upon the convoy, old split freighters, new freighters, and the ever-present destroyers. I sat at 200 feet and waited for the tin cans to go over. At periscope depth, I picked the nearest target, which happened to be an old freighter. I put one fish into her and set her ablaze. Then I turned my attention to the more recent vintage of supply mover. After sinking a couple, and with the DEs bearing down on me, I braced for the usual evasive tactics and the rain of depth charges. However, it struck me that I could use the old burning freighter as a shield. I maneuvered under her and came up to periscope depth very close along side (like parallel parking). The DEs circled and circled, but couldn't touch me. I waited as their circles became smaller and smaller. Finally, I was able to pick off two of them from my shelter under the old split freighter. Great!
Old_tex