[Al B.]

There was an incident in the South Pacific some years ago where another boat rammed into the side of an underwater mountain; the speed at which the boat was going resulted in a sailor being thrown against a bulkhead with sufficient force to cost him his life.

2005, USS San Francisco, SSN 711. Google ship name and see the tremendous damage it did. Ship was lucky to survive.

[Captain Walker]

Thanks for that tidbit.

(I had to look up that name myself because I was responding to another poster's comment. While I recalled that the ship was traveling at a high rate of speed, I didn't realize until now that it was apparently going all out.)

(One of those on board described the aftermath of a collision as a "slaughterhouse", as there was apparently blood everywhere; it seems as if they are fortunate that they only lost one life.)