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"Don't panic, or you will die".

It happened while I was stationed at the Consolidated Divers Unit (CDU) in San Diego. I was on a dive team tasked with installing a shaft wrap on a carrier, undergoing upkeep in Alameda, Calif.

A shaft wrap is designed to create a temporary seal around the propeller shaft from outside the ship so the permanent seal can be worked on from inside. A stern tube surrounds the shaft where it exits the hull to prevent waterborne debris from being sucked inside and damaging the seals.

Just another maintenance dive, right? And you probably think diving to 40 feet on surface-supplied air (with a Jack Browne) is easy. When what I'm about to describe happened, I was 40 feet below ...

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