The USS Thresher was lost with all hands at sea April 10, 1963. Peacetime. No shooting.
When I was on the USS Flasher in the shipyard, we were running some hydraulic pressure test when a baseball-sized metal fitting blew off. Made about a quarter-inch dent in a thick metal plate where it hit. A friend of mine was standing right there. The fitting would have gone right through his head if he hadn't stooped down a couple of seconds earlier to check on a temperature gauge that had been giving us problems. He was OK. No injuries. We were lucky that time. My friend with his life. The rest of us with the horrible images we didn't have to live with for the next 30 40 50 60 years of our lives.
Whether you're in a submarine, or in a jet fighter, it's a dangerous place. It's just part of the deal.
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