From One Of The Submariners
A trainee submariner by the name of Pat Barron had been on board the Stickleback at the time of the incident. In 2002, he talked about this experience with the SubmarineSailor.com. “I remember it was right before noon meal, we were submerged and we lost power and took a tremendous down angle and started going down. Emergency lights went on and shortly after that I heard them start blowing main ballast tanks,” he narrated.
From One Of The Submariners
The Crash Was A Huge Disaster
“Once we got the down angle off and our descent stopped the next thing that happened was we started going to the surface in a hurry,” he continued. This seaman recalled what happened after this. Barron elaborated, “Then we hit the surface and within like about 30 seconds we were rammed by the Silverstein on the port side…There was a hell of a CRASH and shock from the collision. It shoved the boat to starboard and knocked all of us down.”
The Crash Was A Huge Disaster