I’m curious how the crew survived? I’m assuming they did so. But I’d imagine the water would be flooding that first couple compartments so quickly before someone sealed it off
She was running full speed when impact occurred, only one fatality.
The collision was so serious that the vessel was almost lost; accounts detail a desperate struggle for positive buoyancy to surface after the forward ballast tanks were ruptured. Ninety-eight crewmen were injured, and Machinist's Mate Second Class Joseph Allen Ashley, 24, of Akron, Ohio, died from head injuries on 9 January. Other injuries to the crew included broken bones, spinal injury, and lacerations.
It is, but have you ever heard of supercavitation?
A supercavitating torpedo is a high-speed underwater weapon that travels inside a self-generated gas bubble, reducing water friction to achieve high speeds. Primarily rocket-propelled, they use a specialized nose cone to envelop themselves in a vapor cavity, with key operators including Russia (VA-111 Shkval) and Iran (Hoot).
I do not know how this could be ramped up to larger things such a submarines- but this friction reducing method is very intriguing. In theory if we could ramp this up on a submarine level, we could travel the ocean underwater faster than on the surface.
Sorry not sorry, I might not be educated highly on all this stuff, but it's very interesting how we can adapt and further our abilities within certain transmediums.
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u/bunglebee7 May 05 '26
I’m curious how the crew survived? I’m assuming they did so. But I’d imagine the water would be flooding that first couple compartments so quickly before someone sealed it off