When a fire breaks out at sea, every second counts — and every sailor is tested. Now Hear This was NBC's gripping naval adventure drama, produced with the Navy Recruiting Service in 1951. Narrated by Boats, a weathered salt who knew the Navy from stem to stern, each episode brought real stories of courage, danger, and duty to Sunday afternoon radio. This premiere episode drops listeners into one of the most feared emergencies in naval life, where the crew's training, nerve, and loyalty to each other are all that stand between survival and disaster.