[relee]

and more info here

..."The vessel was leaving port, they were on deck and as it went out past the breakwater, a large wave struck," a local police spokesman told AFP...

[Laz711]

They left the breakwater before getting everyone below decks (with the exception of the Bridge crew, that is). I was a nuke that spent every maneuvering watch in the ER, but I was under the impression that everyone topside was required to be below decks prior to leaving the breakwater, for this very reason. In fact, I thought that the FET and AET hatches were supposed to be closed (maybe that was just SOP on the SSN-711)