U-571 Page #6

- Rabbit, help me out!

- Go! Go!

[Shouting, Indistinct]

Chief, are you seeing this?

Needle's off the scale!

We have to blow main

ballast tanks!

Do it, Chief!

[Grunting]

- She's still going down!

- Ballast tanks are bone dry!

[Chief]

I'm gonna try the trim tanks!

Come on, come on, come on!

She's going up!

She's going up!

[Grunting]

Mr. Tyler,

we're coming up.

But I've lost control

of the ballast tanks.

I can't stop our ascent.

Where are we

with the stern torpedo?

Piping's damaged.

There's a break in the air line,

so there's no pressure

to launch a torpedo.

I tried to bypass the leak,

but it's way back in the bilge

underwater.

There's no way to reach it.

I can't fit.

Can somebody else

get to it?

I don't know.

Maybe somebody smaller.

That's Rabbit or Trigger.

[Eddie]

Comin' up on 200 meters.

You gotta pick one.

Trigger.

Trigger,

lay aft with Tank.

Move it, son.

You got a job to do.

See, we got no air pressure

to fire the torpedo.

One of these pipes is busted

and leaking air.

How am I gonna find it?

You'll see bubbles coming out.

A lot of 'em.

Find the isolation valve

aft of the leak

and crank it down.

Got it?

Yeah.

I rigged this hose

so you can breathe through it.

Now listen to me.

As soon as you finish,

you get out of there.

Okay?

Yeah.

[Whispering]

I can hear her.

Making slow turns.

She just stopped her screws.

I think they see the debris.

I think they're buying it.

One-eight-zero meters.

Chief, can you slow our ascent?

We are not ready.

Can't, sir.

We got a one-way ticket

topside.

If we surface without

a torpedo to fire, we're dead.

[Gasps]

There's two air leaks.

I got one, but the other one's

way in the back.

I need some more slack

on the hose to get to it.

That's all there is.

Sh*t.

One-five-zero meters.

[Tapping]

I hear Morse code.

What the hell is it?

Are they signaling us?

[Tapping Continues]

What's it saying, Wentz?

"I am U-571. Destroy me."

[Chief]

Coming up on 9-0 meters.

[Wentz]

Sir, she's started

her engines again.

[Sonar Screeching]

[Tank On Intercom]

No go, Mr. Tyler.

He can't reach.

Trigger, in one minute

we're gonna hit the surface.

Do you understand me?

Now you've got

to go back in there and try.

I wouldn't ask you if

our lives didn't depend on it.

Sorry, sir.

I can't reach it.

No, no, Trigger.

Now listen to me.

You can reach it,

and you will.

Now you are gonna close

that valve.

Sir, I can't!

You're the only chance

we've got.

Now you're gonna go

back down in that bilge,

and you're gonna do

your job, sailor.

Report to me the instant

that torpedo's ready to fire.

Yes, sir.

Thirty meters.

Talk to me, Wentz.

Destroyer is under way.

Steady bearing.

They're closing our position.

Sh*t!

Come on, Trigger!

[Chief]

Twenty meters.

Hold on.

We're gonna surface.

Raising scope.

Got her.

She's heading right for us.

Helm, come right ten degrees.

Aye, sir!

Watch your bow planes.

Aye, sir.

Watching my bow planes.

Tank, start the diesel.

All ahead full!

Port diesel ahead full!

Sh*t,

they've got us bracketed.

Incoming!

[Shouting]

We're hit! We're hit!

- Wentz, get in here!

- Eddie, secure that hatch!

[Shouting]

Tube still not ready!

- Request permission

to abandon ship!

- Not yet, Chief.

[Shouting Continues]

[Gasps]

Control, aft torpedo ready

in all respects!

Hold us right there, Rabbit.

Hold us steady right here.

Steady on bearing 8-0 degrees!

Fire!

Tank, fire right now

or we die!

[Panting]

[Whispering]

Come on, come on.

[Speaking German]

Torpedo!

[Shouting In German]

[Siren Wailing]

[Explosion Continues]

[Gasping]

[Sighs]

Well, that blew 'em

right in half.

[Sighing]

Hell, Mr. Tyler,

if you ever need a chief,

I'd go to sea with you

anytime.

Thank you, Chief.

Tank, you okay?

Trigger drowned.

That kid didn't give up,

did he?

Neither did you, Mr. Tyler.

[Submarine Rumbling]

We can't keep her afloat

much longer, sir.

Let's abandon ship.

[Muttering]

Mr. Tyler.

Mr. Tyler.

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