as ocean escorts with this convoy. At 1:47 p.m. that day, City of Oxford signaled that she had sighted a torpedo wake crossing the convoy and that the torpedo had passed close to her stern. The general alarm was sounded and all hands being at quarters, Ossipee proceeded at full speed to the vicinity of the spot where it was supposed that the submarine had fired the torpedo. One depth charge was dropped, but no signs of the submarine, its wake, or the wake of the torpedo was seen. Seneca also joined in the hunt for the submarine, but four depth charges released by that ship resulted in no indication of damage inflicted from what was thrown up by the exploding depth charges. Captain Wheeler, in his official report stated that, while there was little doubt that City of Oxford did see the torpedo, it appeared that it had been fired at long range, making it very difficult to locate the enemy. No damage had been done to any vessel of the convoy or the ocean escort. On 19 October, the danger zone escort joined the convoy, and three days later, on 22 October, the fleet arrived safely in home waters. Ossipee and Seneca proceeded to Pembroke Dock, Wales, in company where they arrived later the same day, having anchored in Dale Roads on 21 October. Investigation of gun flashOssipee remained at Pembroke Dock until 26 October, when she proceeded to Falmouth, England. She joined another Gibraltar-bound convoy on 27 October. On 28 October at 5:22 p.m. a gun flash was sighted on the port beam of the convoy. All hands were called to quarters and under full speed, the cutter proceeded to the vicinity where the flash was seen and dropped two depth charges near the spot. No evidence of a submarine was found, but it was always deemed necessary and good policy to drop one or more depth charges for the purpose of reminding the enemy that his presence was known, even if his position was not. There can be no doubt but that similar actions had caused the enemy on more than one occasion to either postpone or cancel a contemplated attack on the convoy. Releasing these two canisters at 5:35 p.m. and seeing nothing of the enemy, "secure" was sounded and Ossipee rejoined the convoy, which proceeded to its rendezvous with the Gibraltar Danger Zone Escort