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Despite turning in a sub-par performance, Harvard still maintained the lead after two periods. Union capitalized on the Crimson's sloppy defensive tactics and equalized a 1-0 lead in the second period and a 2-1 lead in the third. The perservering Union squad then notched the game-winner...
...U.S.S. Greeneville rocketed blindly from the deep like a 6,900-ton black torpedo, spewing ocean foam as its bow rose more than 30 m out of the Pacific and crushed the Japanese fishing boat Ehime Maru. "Jesus!" exclaimed Commander Scott Waddle from the attack sub's control room, as his vessel shuddered around him. "What the hell was that?" Some 30 sailors and civilians, crammed into the Greeneville's control room, watched in horror as Waddle brought the periscope around to reveal what they had just done: a television screen displaying the periscope's view suddenly filled with...
...High School in southwest Japan. "I saw something come up, and I thought it was a whale," crew member Hideo Okayama said. "All I heard was someone screaming, 'Danger! Danger!'" For the next few minutes, the Americans?unable to render assistance because of 2-m waves washing over the sub's deck 15 km south of Hawaii's Diamond Head?watched helplessly as Okayama and 25 shipmates, coated in diesel fuel, struggled into a trio of lifeboats. Nine other people are believed to have died...
Determining that the coast was clear at 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...
...Thompson: It's hard to say; the Japanese may press for an assurance that U.S. subs won't practice these high-speed ascents so close to shore, and the Navy may agree. But in reality, you're looking at human error here: The tools and regulations to prevent this accident were all in place, but somebody screwed up on that sub, and new regulations and rules aren't going to change that...