Trying to Refuel at Sea - Movie

[Austin J Hawthorne Jr.]

While on the topic of heavy seas...I was serving aboard the USS SHARK(SSN-591) coming back from a MED cruise in May of 1968. It was during that deployment that the USS SCORPION encountered trouble. We headed back towards her last known location to help in the search. Shortly after heading back we lost hydraulics to our sailplanes and had to run on the surface during a storm. It was the only time I've ever been seasick. Sadly, The Scorpion was never heard from again.

[Bill Jolliff]

Austin,

That was a tragic event and a sad day for a lot of people losing the Scorpion.

Your ship, the USS Shark SSN-591. I'm thinking that's 20 + from the the first nuclear sub, the USS Nautilus SSN-571?

Thank you for your service and sorry you had to endure running on the surface during a storm. That's not nice.