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Posted on 11/19/23 at 8:47 am to paperwasp
I was aboard Eisenhower in 86 off Toulon France. We were doing an airpower demo for some French brass. First an S3 Viking ASW plane dropped a 300 yard line of smoke buoys some distance off the port side. Then 3 A-6s bombed up with 30 500# gpbs each laid a continuous stick along that line from 500 feet up. Magnificent wall of water snakes up, then down.
THEN in the middle of all the smoke and spray a submarine does an emergency surface! Applause from everyone on deck, and consternation on the bridge!
The last was not planned of course. I got the story later in Naples from a guy off that boat. The sub was operating indepently, and her skipper wanted some periscope shots for bragging rights at the O-Club. When the sonar operator called the buoys hitting the water he spun the scope, saw the smoke and the approaching bombers, and called a crash dive.
The guy said the shock blew every light bulb on the boat. They did an emergency surface, to unknowing applause.
THEN in the middle of all the smoke and spray a submarine does an emergency surface! Applause from everyone on deck, and consternation on the bridge!
The last was not planned of course. I got the story later in Naples from a guy off that boat. The sub was operating indepently, and her skipper wanted some periscope shots for bragging rights at the O-Club. When the sonar operator called the buoys hitting the water he spun the scope, saw the smoke and the approaching bombers, and called a crash dive.
The guy said the shock blew every light bulb on the boat. They did an emergency surface, to unknowing applause.
This post was edited on 11/19/23 at 9:11 am
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