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...hear it, or hear the air on your car." Your skin is a tool too. "You get a sense of buffeting. You can feel the air on the car and get a sense of when to find a pocket of air." You dive into that pocket...
...Dive, make your depth eight-zero feet," a lieutenant in the control room commanded. The diving officer behind me patted my shoulder and ordered me to pull the wheel slowly to my chest. We were taking the sub up to 25 m below the water's surface so the Nebraska could poke out its periscope...
...crew told me it was like driving Dad's car. You learn the basics after a week. After three months, a sailor should be proficient enough so the diving officer doesn't constantly have to prompt. Dad's car, however, didn't weigh 18,750 tons. The sub responded sluggishly when I moved the wheel. I also had to steer three-dimensionally. The wheel not only turned left and right, but to point the boat down or up, I had to push the wheel in or pull it to my chest. What's more, the sub has two steering wheels...
Determining that the coast was clear at 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...
...Dive, make your depth eight-zero feet," a lieutenant in the control room commanded. The diving officer behind me patted my shoulder and ordered me to pull the wheel slowly to my chest. We were taking the sub up to 80 ft. below the water's surface so the Nebraska could poke out its periscope...