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Ну ладно. На свой страх и риск снова без перевода.
"USS TAUTOG
There was no sense of foreboding on USS TAUTOG when the then Soviet missile sub suddenly curled around to see if anything was behind it. TAUTOG had been shadowing its noisy and somewhat lumbering prey for hours as the Soviet vessel traveled several hundred feet below the surface of the Northern Pacific, probably on its way home from a lengthy patrol.
It was June of 1970, Vietnam and the Cold War were still raging, and most of TAUTOG's officers and enlisted men had played this delicate stalking game before. They knew it was extraordinarily dangerous. TAUTOG and the Soviet sub derived their remarkable power to glide almost endlessly beneath the sea from nuclear reactors. Both carried weapons of incredibly destructive nuclear might. And then there was the unforgiving nature of the sea itself.
The Soviet sub's arcing U-turn, and its pause to listen for any threatening sounds, were common maneuvers. The "Terrible T," as TAUTOG was known, had parried the moves easily an hour or two before by cutting its own speed and letting the gurgling marine noises cover the faint hum of its propeller. But this time was different.
Maybe the Soviet sonar operators, straining at their headsets, had picked up a hint of danger. Or maybe the Soviet captain simply wanted to punctuate his displeasure at the thought that anyone would dare to tail him. Whatever the reason, the 6000-ton Soviet submarine suddenly roared back toward TAUTOG in an ultimate game of chicken.
"All of a sudden Ivan was coming screaming at us," recalled one of the TAUTOG's crew members. " Sonar reported, 'Contact at 500 yards and closing fast.' " "The next thing we knew we were going backwards and down," he said.
The Soviet sub's belly slammed into the top of TAUTOG's sail, making a horrible screeching sound. Its propellers then ground through the side of her sail "just like a big old knife going down through it," another crew member said. The impact flipped the 4800-ton TAUTOG on her side. Off-duty crew members tumbled from their bunks, tools popped out of wall lockers and maraschino cherries and pickle relish spattered over the mess decks. Miraculously, none of TAUTOG's 115 crew members was injured.
The 100 sailors on the Soviet sub were not so lucky. After the crash TAUTOG's sonar operators first heard nothing but silence. Then, TAUTOG's sonar team picked up a series of ghastly sounds -- "like popping of popcorn."
Дальность поддержания контакта (уверенного) и преследования советской лодки составляла всего 500 ярдов. Если я понял, то речь о 675 проекте.
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