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The picture looks like the boat was ripped open like a tuna fish can. I'm just amazed that it didn't fill with water in about 5 seconds.

The sea-foam green insides you are looking at in that photo or of the three forward ballast tanks and not inside the pressure hull. Still amazing though. And I served aboard that ship. We used to have to calculate how much water would flow into the ship from a 1/4" crack at 700ft for example on written tests from time to time. IIRC, a hole that small at such a depth would overwhelm the main drain pump.

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"The sea-foam green insides you are looking at in that photo or of the three forward ballast tanks and not inside the pressure hull."

It makes sense now that I take a look at this pic.