USS Teuthis & Mystic underway from Woman’s Bay to a 1,000-foot-deep ledge on the Aleutian Trench wall.
& underway from Womans Bay to a 1,000-foot-deep ledge on the Aleutian Trench wall.CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER THREECHAPTER THREEUnderway
UnderwayUSS TEUTHIS—UNDERWAY FROM WOMAN’S BAY
USS TEUTHIS—UNDERWAY FROM WOMAN’S BAYUSS TEUTHISAs I headed to the Bridge, I told the Chief-of-the-Watch to set the Maneuvering Watch.
“Station the Maneuvering Watch! Station the Maneuvering Watch!” the Chief-of-the-Watch announced over the 1MC. Throughout the submarine, sailors hurried to their designated slots. The COB and his topside deck crew raised the fore and after capstans, even though they probably would not be used. Master Pilot Sven Jakobsen crossed the brow and clambered up the sail to the Bridge.
