Will convoys zig zag?

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Originally Posted by tedhealy

Searching for zig zag won't return results, so I aplogize in advance if this is known or been asked a million times before, but will Japanese convoys zig zag on a base course? Or dare I say it, constant helm a course?

You mean the convoy on the way to Pearl Harbor in the winter of 1941 or the convoy on the way back from Pearl in 1941?

I'm not sure, but a lot of Japanese and their allies cargo/freighters hugged the coast line to stay away from American Submarines near the end of the war and like Bookworm said, most of them were armed and ready to duke it out with any captain foolish enough to attack them on the surface.