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...Navy headquarters, senior officers were flabbergasted by the disaster and privately were quick to blame Waddle. Although 16 civilians were aboard, they did little more than "pretend to drive" the submarine during the rapid ascent drill, Navy officers said. Waddle and his crew were still responsible for scouring the surface with their sonar and periscope before launching the "emergency main ballast blow." The choppy waters and the ship's white color may have made detecting the trawler difficult. But Navy officers said that if, as the trawler's crew said, their vessel was steaming at 11 knots, it should have...
...periscope depth of about 18 m, Waddle directed the sub to dive to about 122 m. Once there, the skipper ordered the blow. A pair of landlubbers?overseen by sailors?had their hands on the controls that guide the submarine and empty its ballast tanks during the rapid ascent. But it was physics, not civilians, that shot the submarine to the surface. The Ehime Maru?half as long as the 110-m sub and only 7% of the weight?didn't stand a chance. The impact only scratched the submarine's hull. Although the public of both Japan...
...quiet except for the diving officer who called out depths as the sub ascended. "One-zero-zero feet ... nine-five feet." "Push the wheel forward so the sub begins leveling out," he whispered to me. The planes now had to move in the opposite direction to slow the ascent so the sub didn't overshoot and broach the surface. I pushed. "Scope's breaking," announced the lieutenant, his face pressed to the periscope eyepiece as its lens above sprouted from the water. He swiveled around with the periscope pasted to his face. "No close contacts," he finally said. The crew...
...periscope depth of about 60 ft., Waddle directed the sub to dive to about 400 ft. Once there, the skipper ordered the blow. A pair of landlubbers--overseen by sailors--had their hands on the controls that guide the submarine and empty its ballast tanks during the rapid ascent. But it was physics, not civilians, that shot the submarine to the surface. The Ehime Maru--half as long as the 360-ft. sub and only 7% of the weight--didn't stand a chance. The impact only scratched the submarine's hull. Although the public of both Japan...
...Navy headquarters, senior officers were flabbergasted by the disaster and privately were quick to blame Waddle. Although 16 civilians were aboard, they did little more than "pretend to drive" the submarine during the rapid ascent drill, Navy officers said. Waddle and his crew were still responsible for scouring the surface with their sonar and periscope before launching the "emergency main ballast blow." The choppy waters and the ship's white color may have made detecting the trawler difficult. But Navy officers said that if, as the trawler's crew said, their vessel was steaming at 11 knots, it should have...