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Re: Close encounter of the DE and U-boat kind
Posted by: VictorJ ()
Date: August 17, 2013 02:35AM

SonOfWes,

Thank you for posing this question. I've enjoyed mulling over this tonight.

Perhaps this event is simply due to the fog of war? Disorientation and the lack of true situational awareness?

Perhaps the U-boat had existing damage from a previous encounter?

Watch crew fatigue?

Granted, I think adrenaline can overcome being tired easily.

So, throwing all of my above questions out the window.

I'll go with the following:

U-boat Captain running on the surface to catch his prey (target fixation)

DE Radar and deck gun issue (U-boat too close)

Does the Ships Log you are reading mention the conditions of the sea? If high seas this could easily have obscured the DE if the U-boat commander did a quick 360.

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Close encounter of the DE and U-boat kind SonOfWes 08/15/2013 06:04PM
Re: Close encounter of the DE and U-boat kind VictorJ 08/17/2013 02:35AM
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