Also that optical mirage phenomenon sounds awesome
The ship was "flying".
They also saw phantom-icebergs... and destroyed a ship by shooting an iceburg and having a chunk land on it... took 31 four inch shells from the deck-gun.
Also, ramming. (ran out of ammunition trying to break their own record, so they rammed a boat made of concrete)
And they blew up a train... on the japanese mainland... by hand-placed explosives. Because Japan ran out of boats.
Er... banned for getting me to forget this is the ban-thread.