The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)

[Toast]

When Ennis made the xaugural statement "Well, I guess I'll see you around,  uh?" Jack's head sagged forward.

[Fran]

Round 406!

The USS Thresher's in a fix....

"They had a high-time supper by the fire... talking horses and rodeo...
the submarine Thresher  lost two months earlier with all hands
and how it must have been in the last doomed minutes...."

[memento]

After a high-time supper by the fire, Jack and Ennis talked about the submarine Thresher, which had sunk in the Atlantic Ocean.

[Meryl]

After a high-time supper by the fire, Jack and Ennis talked about the submarine Thresher, lost two months earlier and located on the floor of the Atlantic by the bathyscaphe Trieste and the oceanographic ship Mizar.

[Toast]

After a high-time supper by the fire, .. tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis discussed being captain or crew when 129 people died on the submarine Thresher. The sub was captained by John Harvey.

[Fran]

After a high-time supper by the fire... tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis discussed the submarine Thresher  which had imploded during deep-dive trials southeast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

[memento]

After a high-time supper by the fire... tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis discussed the submarine Thresher lost two months earlier. Thresher’s remains were located on the sea floor, some 8,400 feet (2560 m) below the surface, in six major sections. The major sections are the sail (the raised tower atop a submarine's main deck), sonar dome, bow section, engineering spaces section, operations spaces section, and the tail section. 

[Toast]

After a high-time supper by the fire.. tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis discussed the floating debris (including yellow gloves) found by the Navy submarine rescue vessel Skylark.

[Meryl]

After a high-time supper by the fire, Jack and Ennis talked about the submarine Thresher, whose final communications were garbled, except for a few words, including the famous final phrase "... minor difficulties, have positive up-angle, attempting to blow."

[Fran]

After a high-time supper by the fire... tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis discussed the submarine Thresher, commanded by Lieutenant Commander John W. Harvey at the time of her sinking.

Lieutenant Commander John W. Harvey