I just saw this on Drudge and had to save it to my "archives".
We ran into a really big,,maybe rouge wave out on the New England banks. The wave shattered the bridge glass on the ship(DD-765 Keppler) and took most everything off the bow..lifelines, stantions etc. It moved Mount 52 back about 18" and opened a smile in the deck which got the Chief's quarters very wet. We lost all power, the gyro tumbled. The bridge height was 45ft. above the water line.