Don't laugh too hard! I had my own Bernard moment the other night. I'd completed a patrol and was returning to base. I'd gotten safely all the way home, into port, and was just pulling into the pen. I was running slow ahead at about 3 kts and wanted to reverse a bit to come to a stop. I had the office lights off and couldn't see the keyboard very well...ended up hitting 5 instead of 6. So, instead of stopping I went full speed ahead! I tried to hit full back as fast as I could, but the few seconds that it took for the engine room to respond were more than enough for my sub to plow headfirst into the concrete pen. Instead of coming back at ~70% hull integrity I ended up with 37%.
