- refer to ep 18 and ep 22
"Remember Pearl Harbor"
- battlecry following December 7, 1941 when Japan launched a surprise
attack on the US Naval Base in the Hawaiian Islands. Personal note:
I wonder how many Americans even remember this date, much
less this event
Mk 48 torpedo
- refer to ep 22
crush depth
- depth a submarine cannot exceed, as the hull will physically collapse
from the sheer water pressure.
decoys
- 'noisemakers' and other items carried by submarines designed to
simulate the sound and / or profile of a submarine to lure away
enemy torpedoes
"emergency blow"
- maneuver on submarines in which all ballast tanks are emptied
immediately and the submarine made positively-buoyant
AV-8
-refer to ep 1