destroyer evasion and attack strategies

It was a dark and stormy night, immersed in the pacific, I am trolling for Japanese ships while tunes from the 40s play in the background. In a darkened room with the throbbing of the diesels soothing my brain as I'm gripping the arms of my chair anxiously awaiting the next response from the enemy who is relentlessly pursuing me. Totally absorbed, I have been taken to another world just like in the best literature or movies. Addicted, Oh Yeah!
I've only been playing this game for a few months but it has definitely sucked me in-bigtime. I started playing the stock v.1.4 with some minor mods and felt a little cocky, I was hangin' with the bad guys and giving out more than I was getting. and then... and then... and then along came jones-scratch that and damn those misfiring sinapses-and then I installed TMO! Curse you Ducimus, my life is a wreck just like my boat. Those destroyers are unbelievable!!! I don't even hear depth charges being dropped some times and out of nowhere all of a sudden I have massive damage everywhere. I'm twisting, I'm turning, changing depths, trying deparately to get off a shot at my tormenter(he rarely goes farther than 500 yds giving me a very small opening to make a shot that will arm before it gets to him) but the snake has a masters in evasion and eludes my fish. It gets worse, he has a doctorate in offensive tactics and sniffs out my watery den every time and kicks the living s--- out of me. Frustrated, Hell Yeah!! I've only been playing TMO for a week or two but it has humbled me quickly. However, I have a lot of Irish in me and I will prevail-eventually. I've been reading the TMO vs RFB thread in the Fleet Boat Mods forum and was inspired to write this to attempt to stimulate a discussion of evasion and offensive tactics against the destroyers and subchasers etc. So, how about it all you seasoned Captains out there? Care to discuss your strategies, your sucesses and failures so that your brothers in arms can share in the harvest? If I show up back in Pearl now they are going to give me a desk job for sure, not me, I'm cyphoning fuel off enemy tankers and I'm staying out here until I get this s--- down. Determined, Oh Yeah!!! Urge*

ghost written by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Oh, Damn. I started writing this last night and didn't look at the fleet boat mods thread today and they have started discussing this there now. Banjo
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=140918
asked for input and a sticky Oh well, a day late and a dollar short-again.