'After dark or in bad visibility,' Wright said, 'we would reverse course and intentionally lose them. It was a dirty trick, and I hope commanding officers weren't too severe on their deck officers when they learned they had lost us.'"
Wright stated that when it was dark or visibility was poor, they would deliberately drop out of sight and pretend to lose the enemy vessels. This approach was considered underhanded, and he hoped that commanding officers wouldn't be too harsh on their deck officers upon learning about this tactic.