Recreating a historic event
Tuscaloosa was the ship that the pseudo-neutral US-traitors used during their "friendly escort of the
Columbus" to radio "their" position to the Brits, so the Brits knew where the German ship Columbus was. The crew on Columbus then faced an insustainable situation that they wanted to avoid: The Brits took the reports sent by the Tuscaloosa-traitors and attempted to bring up the Columbus. The crew was wise enough to scuttle their ship.
Mai 1942, the Tuscaloosa sets themselves into danger doing the remote securing of convoy PQ 16. This is the chance to take revenge, so sink the Tuscaloosa