This is a must read, fairly recent and just got it, just read the first chapter
"War beneath the waves"
http://jacksonville.com/entertainmen...-beneath-waves
short clip, very interested in finishing the book. I heard before the Captain and other leading officers either panicked or became incapacitated, not sure which, but for a young diving officer to take command,
"Indecision by the captain, who was suffering an incapacitating panic attack, forced young, inexperienced diving officer Lt. Charlie Rush to take Indecision by the captain, who was suffering an incapacitating panic attack, forced young, inexperienced diving officer Lt. Charlie Rush to take
command"