USS Teuthis & the Alfa at the hole off Pt. Barrow, while Shchuka & Carp are being herded away by USS San Francisco & USS Swordfish
& the Alfa at the hole off Pt. Barrow, while are being herded away by & CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER EIGHTCHAPTER EIGHTTHE HOLE
THE HOLEON THE SEAFLOOR—MYSTIC OPS
ON THE SEAFLOOR—MYSTIC OPSMYSTICThis time around, we knew we would make a seal on the Alfa after-hatch. Since we had to cover only about 200 feet, getting there was trivial. We had barely gotten underway when Lt. Jim Deckhart announced our arrival. We settled to the ring around the hatch, and Petty Officer Parker Flanger pumped down the skirt. After he relieved the pressure differential, he opened the Alfa hatch, and we entered.
Our first order of business, after turning on the lights, was unloading My
