Coming out of Pearl in my shiny new command, the USS Pike, on my first ever war cruise. Set course out of the harbor, ordered ahead 2/3rds and went to get a cup of coffee. To my horror, the crew had driven us straight into the hulk of a BB (I believe it was the Oklahoma, though I could be wrong).
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The only sound that still scares me to this day...
The silence when the pinging stops. 
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