“RULES OF THE NAUTICAL ROAD“ DISNEY TRAINING FILM COLLISION OF SUBMARINE S-51 & STEAMER 85554
One in a series of “Rules of the Road“ navigation safety films made for the U.S. Navy by the Walt Disney animation studios, this film shows the collision between the submarine S-51 and the “City of Rome“. On the night of 25 September 1925 (and not 1933 as the narrator of the film states), the S-class submarine S-51 (SS-162) was operating on the surface near Block Island, Rhode Island with her running lights on. The merchant steamer City of Rome spotted a single white masthead light but were unable to determine its course, speed, or intentions. The ship altered her course away from the unknown light to give whatever it might be greater leeway. Meanwhile, S-51 spotted the ship’s masthead and green sidelights, and held her course as she was required to do by the Rules of the Road then in effect. Shortly after altering course, City of Rome spotted the submarine’s red sidelight and realized that they were on collision courses. She turned and backed her engines, but it was too late. Twenty-two minutes after first spotting the submarine’s masthead light, the steamer rammed her. Only three of the 36 men in the submarine were able to abandon ship before she sank. The courts found City of Rome at fault for not reducing her speed when in doubt as to the movement of S-51, and for not signaling her change of course. However, both the district court and the Circuit Court of Appeals found S-51 at fault for having improper lights.
The United States Navy argued that it was not practicable to have submarines of this class comply with the letter of the law, and that, as a special type of warship, S-51 was under no legal compulsion to do so. The court responded by saying if these statements were correct, then submarines “should confine their operation to waters not being traversed by other ships.“
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