[AndyJackson]

ba number of senior COMSUBLANT officers suddenly barged into the message center, loudly speaking and arguing over the Scorpion’s status. “I had never seen a captain or an admiral come into that place in the two and one-half years I worked there,” Larbes recalled. “Now we had captains and admirals running around wanting more information [about the Scorpion]. It was so crazy – they even suspended all of the saluting and all that.”

BS. on all counts. Captains and Admirals routinely visit their comm centers to keep up with fast flowing information coming across on a specific topic of interest. And the Navy does not salute in doors.

[AndyJackson]

The article gets better as it goes along, and does cover to some extent John Craven's involvement which Craven wrote about in his book "Silent War." John Craven was, however, the Chief Scientist of the Navy Special Projects Office which is the office that developed the Polaris submarine and worried a lot about all the technical developments necessary for submarine warfare and the Navy part of the Nuclear triad.

What is not discussed is now Carven's efforts found the Scorpion. And noone has discussed what was actually known about what was going on.

[pfflier]

And the Navy does not salute in doors.

Sometimes the subtle things can trip up a Tom Clancy wannabe. Good catch.

[Eli Kopter]

That was a tip off for sure. You are uncovered indoors and no one salutes uncovered. At least that is what was drilled into me.

[MikelTackNailer]

And the Navy does not salute in doors.

No one is supposed to but I saw some places where officers demanded it (those inferiority complexes must be a bitch). At basic I ended up in a military hospital with pneumonia and we were either jumping out of bed to salute Frank Burns types or being told to get back in them by Hawkeyes. "Good training".

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

BS. on all counts.

Several people posted comments directly to the article. One claims to be a son of one of the crewmembers, and he expressed your view. He also offers counter evidence. The majority of the posted opinions agree with you in tone. I was taken in by the article, but read the comments on the article at the bottom. I need to remember to be more skeptical. That doesn't mean it did not happen, but only that this is but scant evidence that it did.