Another Exciting Sighting

A short time after we sailed away from the port of Hiroshima and headed into the Inland Sea, the Captain announced over the loudspeaker that just off the starboard side was a submarine of the Japanese Navy. We were having a cup of tea on Deck 9 on the starboard side, so we jumped up to look out the window, There it was, sleek and black, about 300 yards off the Tahitian Princess and sailing in the opposite direction from us. It was said by former military people that the sub was a small one and clearly not nuclear class. We watched as it came along parallel to us and continued watching until it was out of sight. A while later, we encountered the Captain on another deck and thanked him for telling all of us about the submarine. He said that it had been quite an exciting sighting for him as well.