What a thrill! I was surprised at how little molly-coddling of the civilians there was. I got to sit up on the sail, just holding onto the railing as we headed out past the bay bridge-tunnel, and I was manning the fairweather planes as we dove after reaching the continental shelf. Later we dove to about 800 feet, and also did "angles and dangles". The strange banking to the outside of a turn surprised me, until I figured out why it worked that way.
All in all, a memorable day. Must have been, because there's not that much from ... oh ... let's see ... about 22 years ago!!!!!
The first Silversides, Gato class, is in honored retirement at Great Lake Naval Memorial and Museum