I remember seeing newsreel footage of convoys in the North Atlantic during the winter, and having my jaw drop seeing destroyers seemingly literally being swallowed by the swells. You'd see them ride the crest up up up, and then slalom down the far side, hit the trough . . . and keep going.
I still don't see how they stayed afloat. All I do know, beyond ANY shadow of a doubt, is I'm glad I wasn't aboard those things!
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