[KaleunMarco]

ok, here is another good one to mull over.

it is mid-December, 1942. we are heading roughly east, towards Midway Atoll, returning from an extended recon/patrol.
on the way at approximately 141+ E Long and 29+ N Lat, we encounter a troop "convoy" that consists of one Huge Liner and three escorts. it is headed roughly N by NW at 12 kts, at the time of it's spawn into individual ships.
at that time, the liner begins a continuous series of clockwise circles with the escorts trying to keep up and not get run over.
yes, it's doing doughnuts in the middle of the Pacific. i am trying to figure out why.
i've seen this behaviour previously but this time i did a bit more research.

has anyone else experienced a convoy or task force running around in a circle?