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Adrift 500 Feet Under the Sea, a Minute Was an Eternity - The New York Times
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New information regarding January 8 underwater crash of nuclear-powered attack submarine San Francisco 360 miles southeast of Guam reveals how much more serious crash was, and how close San Francisco was to being lost; crash was one of worst on American submarine since 1960's; Navy investigators last week report that series of mistakes at sea and onshore caused 6,900-ton submarine to run into underground mountain, not on navigational charts, at top speed; impact of crash punched huge holes in forward ballast tanks, so that air being blown into them was no match for ocean pouring in; when senior enlisted man shoved 'chicken switches,' blowing high-pressure air through ballast tanks to force vessel upward, submarine refused at first to budge; Commander Kevin G Mooney says 'I thought I was going to die'; it was close to minute before submarine's mangled nose began to rise; within crew's quarters there was pandemonium--bodies pinballing, heads striking steel in warren of lethally sharp surfaces in impossibly tight spaces; one crewman was killed, 98 others were injured, and captain and three other officers were relieved of their duties; photos; drawings show interior layout of submarine (L)
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