Encountered a Uboat south of Lombok Strait!
On 12/26/1944 while transiting from Fremantle toward the Lombok Strait, radar detected a target that sonar soon confirmed was a warship at 114-20E, 14-59S. We moved closer to make an identity, set up along its apparent track and waited. Eventually it came into visual range - it was a German Type IX-D2. I'd never encountered one before in multiple careers in any of the major mods, so this was a nice plum.
She never saw or apparently heard us. Two torpedoes and she went to the bottom, bow first. Interesting addition, guys. Thanks.
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