eli5 Why didn’t the US or other countries make a similar submarine to counter Uboats?

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I’m watching a ton of WW2 documentaries and can’t help but think why they didn’t make a counter to the German Uboats other then depth charges and the hedgehog. Surely with the money and resources the US or other countries could of made a sub during that time.

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The United States had many technologies beyond depth charges and the hedgehog that were highly effective at killing UBoats. In fact, aircraft and aircraft deployed assets including sonobuoys and homing torpedoes did extremely well.

Check this out:

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2bA-4eNG7o](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2bA-4eNG7o)

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDvHT9MncW4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDvHT9MncW4)

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