[REQ]Sub hunting hooks in destroyers

[d@rk51d3]

Recently read an incident where a U-boat got caught sneaking past an enemy habour while a convoy was on the way out. They were damaged so badly by DC attacks they sank to the bottom, very much like Das Boot. They reporetd the destroyers dragging chain or cable over the sub in an effort to locate it, however it either wasn't very effective, or they had dropped the sub into a hollow which must have negated any effect.

Either way, they managed to repair the boat and surface after a couple of days and made haste for home.

I've also read that ASDIC made "scratching or scraping" noises over the hull, so perhaps they just assumed it was a chain or cable.

Originally Posted by tater

I didn't say it was smart

There are reports of it, though. <shrug>

Just wonder what if anythign they hoped to accomplish.

tater

Waste time and money?
Really, I think that probably most, if not all reports of hooks and chains being used, were wither seaweed or some other underwater debris. That, or as Darkside suggested, a misidentified ASDIC

[Excalibur Bane]

It seems kinda wonky to me, you can't exactly trawl for a submarine that well. It's hard enough doing it with fish, that are attracted to bait. It would take eons to reel the chain in and then come around for another pass. Maybe in a harbor, but I don't think it would be standard equipment at sea. They would be more likely to get themselves tangled on a damn rock or another wreck then a sub

[d@rk51d3]

Still, when you've potentially got 4+ torps aimed up your clacker, you'd probably use whatever you can get your hands on.

But the chains would require a special refit, and lower your ability to carry actual weapons.

[tater]

Depends. What if the asset in question (reported "hooks") was a net tender? Or even an armed trawler?

I'ts not really worth bothering, sounds like the number of such reports was pretty small.