My uncle, Bliss Evans, was killed in such an incident. He and other officers went into the water while the enlisted were in a lifeboat. One of their own depth charges blew up as the vessel sank deeper and killed the officers.
7 posted on 09/11/2009 8:46:36 PM PDT by Monterrosa-24
( ...even more American than a French bikini and a Russian AK-47.)