"Con, Sonar. Russian Kilo has just broke the surface!" Jonsey reported.
"XO raise the scope." McCrea said as the Springfield cape to periscope depth. A few seconds later, the scope was ready and he looked through it. "XO, decrease speed to 5 knots."
"Aye aye! Decrease speed to five knots." Repeated the XO as the crew on the entire sub waited axnxtiously to meet the Russian sailors.
As he spun the scope to port, McCrea looked to the XO. "They are on our port bow. Blow balast." Air hissed into the balast tanks and the sub began to rise. "Keep torpedo tubes one and four flooded, but closed."
A minute later, USS Springfield broke the surface 500 yards away from the Russian sub. As it was his idea, the Captain, the Wepons officer, Jonsey, and two other enlisted were to go to the Russian sub. As the inflatabe motor boat was being preped, the XO came to the Commander. "Sir, take this with you." handing him an M9.
"While i am gone, your in charge." McCrea said as he boarded the raft. Five minutes later, the boarding party of five reached the Kilo. " Commander Mekile Ivanovich! Permission to come aboard?"
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