Diving deep to avoid DDs

[Aoogahman]

As it turned out, I used too many torpedoes to do it, but did manage to sink two freighters. It was sort of dark, I got spotted, and a few cannon shots came in my direction. So I guess the four escorts had a good idea where I was. At that point I did all the normal escape things: turned away from the convoy, dove deep (320 ft), rigged for silent running, set speed to AA 1/3 and set one knot on the speed log dial.

I did hear one depth charge go off early on, but it wasn't close. I just remained silent and deep and eventually the escorts returned to the convoy.

But... There was no active pinging involved as was your case. Had there been, I would have made sure to show as small a profile as possible, preferably a stern view, which I didn't see mentioned above. I think it's a big factor when active sonar is after you.