Tom Hanks' new convoy war movie: Greyhound

[John Pancoast]

Originally Posted by Dietger

Forced to surface in an emergency, not actually to engage anyone nearby.

In no way a german torpedo - or anyone's could have been threatening a ship that close. Apparently the sub is absolute helpless and desperate...

Yep. There were frequent actions similar to the photo via a forced to surface sub.


And the distance in the photo is much larger than the scraping paint side by side ala the movie trailer.


Though I believe there's mention of something along those lines in Blair's books, not by the subs choice of course.