I was a surface sailor and never served on subs. However, I was close enough to know one thing; never believe what you read in the press about subs. There’s more disinformation out there than you would ever believe. And reporters don’t have a clue. The story about the sub in the GOM? Who said they were there? Who said we didn’t know they were there? Do you really think we’re going to tell the press “oh yeah, there was Russian sub in the GOM but we didn’t dedect it”? Like someone else said, there was probably a U.S. fast attack sub in his propeller wash the whole trip.
They were probably just coming to lend a hand after Obama’s botched Sandy response.