TELEGRAM

FROM: CINCLANTFLT

TO: NEXT OF KIN %c.

SUBJECT: %s

CINCLANTFLT REGRETS TO INFORM YOU THAT WHILE
SERVING AS CAPTAIN OF THE FLEET CLASS
SUBMARINE %s AND ON ACTIVE
PATROL %c HAS BEEN WASHED
OVERBOARD. INITIAL REPORTS FROM THE EXECUTIVE
OFFICER INDICATE THAT THE ACCIDENT OCCURED
WHEN THE SUBMARINE SUBMERGED WHILE THE
CAPTAIN REMAINED ON THE BRIDGE. A SEARCH OF THE
AREA BY %s PRODUCED
ONLY ONE LEFT BOOT AND A LUMPY SET OF DRAWERS.
CINCLANTFLT REGRETS THE LOSS OF OFFICERS OF THE
CALIBER OF %c BUT CAN
NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE IN THIS CASE.