Shallow water sucks when the weather is nice.

[TorpX]

I would have made an attack, unless there were more problems.

Launch from 3,000 or 4,000 yds. and scoot, head for deeper water, or like Armistead said, track until nightfall. If the minesweeper had no asw weapons, one DD shouldn't be that dangerous.

Of course it depends on how much you've invested in your career, too.