Crocodile crawl...

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Folducker

Another interesting story I recently read was about a British sub running on the surface during WWI. The Captain was in his cabin when he heard a shout from the deck crew followed by a loud clang coming from outside the ship. Upon investigation, it seemed a German sub fired two torpedoes, one passed under the sub, the other was set for “0” depth. The sea action caused it to broach a number of times. On one of those broaches, it landed flat on the deck of the British sub between the aft deck gun and the conning tower, a very narrow space and just about the only place where the nose wouldn’t have hit anything! It exited out the other side of the British sub and kept right on going. I will look up the story again, but I don’t think that after that patrol, the sub captain ever went out again.

I have not read any books on the WWI subs. That is an interesting story and I would dare say, I would not go out again either!

[Armistead]

There was a sub that surfaced and had a unexploded depth charge stuck in the con tower....they threw it overboard...talk about lucky.

[quietguy52]

Originally Posted by Armistead

There was a sub that surfaced and had a unexploded depth charge stuck in the con tower....they threw it overboard...talk about lucky.

I bet there were a lotta messy drawers when that happened..

[Frame57]

When you determine the DD is steaming away even if he is circling you. Go to flank and get above the thermal layer which may be about 150 feet or so. Then drop a volley of decoys and get below the thermal and steam about 3 knots away while ensuring you have silent running on. You should be able to slip away. The DD will focus on the decoys and once the decoys are dead you should be far enough away to just keep sailing until it is safe to surface again.