Do American Subs do Surface Night Atacks?

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Originally Posted by Rhodes

As the title goes do American Subs do Surface Night Atacks, to the convoy's? Sneak past the escorts and unloaded 6 or more torpedos on the targets? Or they only atack submerged?

Other question, don't know if is real. In Torpedo Run, when they rise the attack periscope, the skipper was on his knees almost every time, in other scenes they put the periscope all the way up. So, american subs had 2 positions for the attack scope or a free height control like SH3 (or like u-boats or other subs, correct if wrong).

Final: is historical correct, in march 1942, being ping by japonese destroyers and discovered, when being at silence speed and moving away from the destroyer in a perfect T position, i.e. my sub was bering 270 moving away?

Yes, US submarines did make night surface attacks. For example, CDR Ramage of the USS Parche made some devastating surface attacks against escorted convoys. He was awarded the CMOH for such an attack in July '44. It was a serious departure from pre-war doctrine, and as such was heavily discouraged early in the war. It wasn't until many of the older skippers had been replaced and torpedo issued were largely resolved that the crews began to innovate. Most pre-war training taught submarine skippers that they would easily be detected and sunk which caused an overabundance of caution.