“Pat, let’s lower all masts and take her down to twelve hundred feet.” “Aye aye, sir. Lower the masts,” Mannion ordered. A petty officer pulled on the hydraulic control levers. “ESM and UHF masts lowered, sir,” the duty electrician reported. “Very well. Diving officer, make your depth twelve hundred feet.” “Twelve hundred feet, aye,” the diving officer responded. “Fifteen degrees down-angle on the planes.” “Fifteen degrees down, aye.” “Let’s move her, Pat.” “Aye, Skipper. All ahead full.” “All ahead full, aye.” The helmsman reached up to turn the annunciator.
