TIL that in 2001, a US navy submarine performed an emergency ballast blow maneuver to impress civilians onboard. It surfaced at high speed directly under a Japanese ship and cut it in half, killing...

L4sBot · 1 year ago

TIL that in 2001, a US navy submarine performed an emergency ballast blow maneuver to impress civilians onboard. It surfaced at high speed directly under a Japanese ship and cut it in half, killing...

CoderKat · 1 year ago

It’s even worse than the title sounds. It was a high school training boat, so lots of kids onboard.

The captain of the sub cut corners and did little to help the victims (he believed the waves from the bobbing sub would too risky, so stood aside).

And somehow the captain still got an honourable discharge. Though I’m not surprised, since the US loves to defend their soldiers (see: My Lai massacre).

TIL that in 2001, a US navy submarine performed an emergency ballast blow maneuver to impress civilians onboard. It surfaced at high speed directly under a Japanese ship and cut it in half, killing...

TIL that in 2001, a US navy submarine performed an emergency ballast blow maneuver to impress civilians onboard. It surfaced at high speed directly under a Japanese ship and cut it in half, killing...

Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision - Wikipedia