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Several senior officers on the submarine testified that they thought Waddle was going through the emergency-ascent routine too quickly but did not want to challenge him with civilians present in the control room. During the inquiry, Rear Admiral Albert Konetzni, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet submarine force, looked over at Waddle in the courtroom and said, "He is like my brother, if not my son. I'd like to go over there and punch him for not taking more time." But Waddle rigorously defended the procedures onboard the Greeneville, denying that he had cut corners on safety...
Visibly angered by the Chinese attack on an unarmed civilian airliner, the commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet, Admiral Felix Stump, told a news conference he had instructed his search mission to be quick on the trigger. Three days after the DC-4 downing, U.S. Skyraiders patrolling near Hainan shot out of the sky two LA-7s that showed signs of hostile behavior. Radio Beijing announced that two American fighters had made piratical attacks on two Polish merchant ships and one Chinese escort vessel, but failed to mention...
...accident that most Navy submarines are named after cities or states. This builds local pride across the country for Navy vessels, and the service considers civilian tours of its warship important to maintain public support. This has become increasingly important in the post-Cold War era as the Navy competes intensely for dollars with the Army and Air Force...
...Nebraskans are eager to continue civilian visits to their sub. On March 21, Johanns boarded the USS Nebraska at the Kings Bay, Ga., Naval Submarine Base, along with 10 other prominent Cornhuskers: the presidents of the Nebraska Cattlemen's Association and Omaha Chamber of Commerce, a radio personality, a handful of industry leaders, and the coach of the University of Nebraska women's volleyball team, who presented the crew with a volleyball signed by the players (who had just won the NCAA championship...
...They were the second group of civilians to take a one-day sub ride since the Greeneville collision. None were allowed to steer the 18,750-ton boat. That's been banned since the Greeneville incident, when a civilian had been sitting at the inboard helmsman's wheel. The prohibition is largely symbolic. The civilian steering the Greeneville had a sailor and diving officer behind him telling him every move to make on the wheel and had nothing to do with the accident; the mishap was already in the works by the time the civilian pulled the wheel back...