Flatsix reminds me:
My great uncle served on the USS Minneapolis during WWII. He told me this story it might have been scuttlebutt who knows about a sailor getting washed over broad in rough seas of course back then in enemy territory if this happened you died because they could not risk picking you up but this guy by some very good luck got washed back onto the ships deck by a wave a minutes of two after he fell off.If that was a true story that was one lucky man.
If you ever sit down to eat with my great uncle he will say "Remember if it moves its not a raisin!" He and his ship mates used to say this at chow whenever they say a weevil on their plate.
Surface ships did not have as good of chow as subs did on a sub weevil infested flour would have been tossed over board not so on a surface ship sometimes