Footage of 1984 incident of Midway Island...the mail tug gets it all wrong and is skewered by the subs stern planes. Why the SSBN C/O surface ran the boat at such high surface speed defies belief and might have contributed to the accident.
Tug sunk by US SSBN
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Tug sunk by US SSBN
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Re: Tug sunk by US SSBN
I've seen that video before to bad if your crewin on the tug!!
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Re: Tug sunk by US SSBN
I like how with the tug doomed and men in the water - the guy on the video says "there goes the mail".
Nice to see people's priorities revealed.
J
Nice to see people's priorities revealed.
J
He who dies with the most toys, just dies...you can't take it with you.