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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Submarines weren’t effective in countering other submarines at the time.

The technologies needed were *almost* there, but not quite. It took just a few more years.

There was a single case of one submarine attacking and sinking a U-Boat, but it was a pretty unique set of circumstances that allowed them to do so.

Among other things, the advances in sonar and hydrophones weren’t quite there yet.

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