1844 - our feather must have been discovered - gun crews open fire with small caliber automatic weapons, short of our position - 3 or 5 inch aft turret fires one shell over us - torpedo #1 impact - large column of water rises near port forecastle - gun crews remain at station, appearing to fire wildly, possibly due to tracks from G7a's and not our feather - torpedo impact #2 - water column rises amidships, vessel takes a list to port and loses 2 knots quickly - gun crews continue to emit unaimed fire - torpedo impact #3 - aft of the flying bridge - large water column rises with simultaneous huge discharge of smoke/steam from ship's funnel - likely a hit to port boiler room - list begins to correct as ship settles by the stern - 6 feet of freeboard visible - fire and smoke erupt from ventilation funnels fore and aft - ship settles evenly and appears to have stopped sinking - I continue to observe from periscope depth....
Last edited by Majestik 909; 01-27-16 at 02:30 PM.
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