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Left standard rudder.

Left standard rudder. Aye, aye, sir.

- Steady as you go.

- Steady as she goes, sir.

Steady as you go, Dalton.

Steady as you go.

Steady as she goes, sir.

- Steady as you go.

- Steady as she goes, sir.

- Rig in sound heads.

- Aye, aye, sir.

Rig in the sound heads.

All stop. Let her settle to the bottom.

All stop, sir.

- All checked out?

- Yes, sir.

Take a walk for a minute, huh, Pat?

Aye, aye, sir.

You're in 500 yards offshore.

Thank you, sir.

Don't thank me, thank them.

At 2000 yards you'd have to surface

to make that swim.

If you surface in this light with them there,

they'd spot you.

If they spot you, they get me.

And the mission.

And the mission.

This way you go all the way underwater.

No problem, sir.

Get this through your head, Lieutenant.

Nothing's changed.

There is a problem.

Today we've been running submerged.

Our oxygen supply is limited.

Now, I could try to sneak out

the same way I came in here.

I could surface, recharge,

pump in fresh air,

come back, and sit and wait for you.

I do it the first time,

maybe I can get away with it.

I do it twice, I could get clobbered.

- You know what I'm gonna do?

- No, sir.

I'm gonna sit and wait for you.

Not three days, not two,

not even one.

No RSVP?

Oh, sure.

You'll answer in 18 hours.

We can't breathe long on carbon dioxide.

Eighteen hours? That's 10:00 tonight, sir.

That's right. That's your deadline.

If you're not back by then,

I go one way, out.

And I don't come back. You understand?

That couldn't be clearer, sir.

- Braden.

- Yes, sir.

I hope you make it.

Thanks.

It isn't what you think.

It isn't what you think.

It isn't what you think.

If I told you that I loved you, too?

That isn't saying you'll marry me.

- Thank you.

- Good night.

At your service, ma'am.

Thank you.

I'm sorry I got so female just now.

Why do you think

I asked you to marry me?

Look, lady,

you marry me

and I'll make it worth your while.

Yes, I know.

You don't give a girl a chance

to enjoy your proposal.

That's because I'm not a girl.

But don't you know that

a girl likes to dream about these things?

Well, half the fun is to walk around

in a daze and imagine what it's like.

Brag to her friends.

That's such a waste of time.

- I got an idea.

- What?

Why don't we go on the post

and wake up the padre?

He's a real great guy and likes

nothing better than to marry people.

No.

No license.

I got an even better one. We go to Tijuana.

Well, what do you say?

I would love nothing better, Ken. Honest.

But please, do it my way.

- Give it just a little more time.

- Sure. Till tomorrow.

No, Ken. You don't understand.

Yes, I understand.

I can wait.

It will make me nervous, but I can wait.

How's the oxygen?

Down to about 20 minutes, sir.

Ash ran a test on the CO2.

Nearly at the fatal mark, Captain.

Hold it.

Hey, I'm sorry, Peck.

Yeah, Kovak, me, too.

What happened?

Tell the engine room to stand by.

- Prepare to get under way.

- Aye, aye, sir.

Engine room, prepare to get under way.

Prepare to get under way.

- Captain to the conning tower.

- Yes, sir.

He's back.

Let's get out of here, Mr. Doherty.

- Pass the word to all hands.

- Aye, aye, sir.

Engine room, all ahead tripping speed.

Please, Lieutenant, sir.

Get your wet clammy hands off of me.

- Did you get it?

- Yes, sir, I got it.

Thanks for waiting, sir.

Murphy, the yeoman's on the sick list.

You wanna take a letter for me?

Yes, sir.

From Commander Paul Stevenson

of the US Navy

to Commander Submarine Force Pacific.

Subject:
Articles for the Government

of the Navy,

violation of.

On the 17th of this month,

in order to accomplish assigned mission,

I entered Lele Lagoon,

submerged without proper charts,

and remained there in absolute silence

on the bottom for a period of 18 hours.

Paragraph two.

Thereafter,

in violation

of my own strict orders for silence,

I caused breaking of said silence

by sending out tapping signals

to guide Lieutenant JG Kenneth Braden

back to the Barracuda.

Paragraph three.

I am guilty, therefore,

of violation of Article 4, Section 10

of the subject AGN

in that I knowingly and improperly

hazarded the vessel under my command

and exposed the lives of the crew.

Paragraph four.

It is respectfully requested, therefore,

that a Board of Investigation

be convened to inquire

into my conduct

during the present mission.

Signed.

Type that out for me, right away.

If you're looking for the letter you wrote,

sir, it's lost.

Lost?

Yes, sir. The...

Well, the crew...

Well, sir, it's lost.

Expendable.

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