Collision and Sinking of Submarine Stickleback
In early 1958, Silverstein resumed ASW training in the Hawaiian Islands. In May, she suffered an explosion in the depth charge impulse charge locker; and, on the 28th, she collided with Stickleback during exercises. Silverstein, Sabalo, and Sturtevant joined in the successful rescue of all 82 men in the submarine's crew. However, all efforts to save the submarine itself came to naught; and, at 1957, she made her last dive.
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