Wolf pack
The term wolf pack, when applied to submarines, refers to the mass-attack tactics against convoys used by German U-boats during the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II.
The term is actually a mis-translation, the German's used the word Rudel, meaning pack - as in group of animals. The addition of wolves was an Allied idea, probably as some kind of negative comment.
With the opening shots of Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2003, the term wolf pack was brought back into use to describe the fleet of American and British nuclear submarines which operated in conjunction in the Red Sea to fire tomahawk missiles at Iraq. USS Providence (SSN-719) was the first boat to fire its entire load of missiles and earn the nickname "Big Dog of the Red Sea Wolf Pack."
