Bug? Nearby AI sub sinks enemy ship i was monitoring - i got the credit?

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

That's how Uboat aces pumped up their tonnage scores! Occasionally in SH-V, I find a freighter or tanker already wallowing nearly awash in flames... and finish it off for the credit. War is hell, sink em all!

I am curious - in real life, did the Kriegsmarine award credit to whichever U-Boat "last touched" a ship? So, for instance, one commander could torpedo a ship and leave it burned-out & abandoned, but someone else who sank it days later with a couple deck gun hits would get 100% of the tonnage? That seems unfair. I know some air forces divided credit for kills or awarded them to whoever did the most damage.