Cool thing happened on the way back to Midway. Around midnight, about 730nm WNW of Midway, sonar picked up a ship. I thought WTF?! Turned out to be a Sims Class DD coming up behind me. Sonar hit again, Benham Class DD. Lookout outs spotted a Northhampton Class CA and then a Yorktown Class CV.
I'm thinking what's going on. Turns out it was more likely the Doolittle raid ships returning to PH. I thought cool. Never happened to me before.
I was worried that since it was dark and I was running on the surface, 1) I was going to collide with the DD coming up behind or 2) get sunk by friendly fire.
Nope. Neither. I end up running into a torpedo net 10 miles west of Midway Island.
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"Quando omni flunkus moritati"
United States Navy 1979-1982
"AD2" Aviation Machinists Mate 2nd Class
VT-23, HS-1, USS Carl Vinson CVN70 (Plank Owner)
NAS Kingsville, TX; NAS Jacksonville, FL; NOB Norfolk, VA
FAA Air Traffic Control Specialist, Fairbanks, AK 2000-2020 (Ret)
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