What is the term used for when a submarine launches into the air while resurfacing?

Question

I heard of a submarine doing this through a tourist boat.

Answer 1

oh i thought it was breaching

Answer 2

Broaching

It's a h**l of a ride in the bow compartment.

My boat doing an emergency blow and broaching the surface

http://usstautog.com/images/639blow.jpg

Answer 3

"porpoising"

Answer 4

Yes, That incident happened off the coast of Hawaii years ago killing several Japanese students and teachers on a fishing research vessel.(February 9th 2001)The evolution is called Emergency Main Ballast Blow. The USS Greenville SSN-772 was involved. The Japanese training ship, (Ehime Maru) had a crew of 35 people. 12 were injured and 9 were reported missing and presumed drowned. Broaching is defined as a ships motion instability when it is manifested on the horizontal plane with a sudden divergence from the initial course and it may end with a rapid ship capsize.

Answer 5

"Crikey, Commander, we're Airborne".

Answer 6

That is called "broaching".