The Italian Navy slowly recovered from that attack, later copied by the Japanese in Pearl Harbour.
Navy scored another touchdown on its next drive to bring the score to 35-32 and recovered an onside kick to retain possession with less than a minute left in the game.
The Mean Green attempted another onside kick, but Navy recovered.
On November 12, 19 days after the crash, the Navy salvaged the plane and recovered her body, still strapped into the ejection seat.
McAda left the game for a play and his replacement, Adam Thompson, fumbled, Navy recovering at the Army 17.
Defense Secretary William J. Perry had promised to put a successor in place quickly to help the Navy recover from the popular commander's suicide.
Also the Iraqi Navy never recovered from this operation, which destroyed 80% of its navy.
Jenkins, though, fumbled and Navy recovered, showing early on that Notre Dame was out of sync.
The Navy didn't recover that one, but they sent down robots and stripped a lot of useful things off the hulk.