Check Out The Damage To This Japanese Submarine After It Collided With A Cargo Ship

The drive/War Zone ^ | February 8, 2021 | Thomas Newdick

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The diesel-electric attack submarine was surfacing when it impacted the 51,000-ton commercial vessel off the Japanese coast.

A collision between a Japanese submarine and a cargo ship in the Pacific Ocean has resulted in injuries to at least three submariners, according to initial reports. The incident occurred today at 10:58 AM local time, around 25 miles southeast of Cape Ashizuri, in the waters off the island of Shikoku, which lies southwest of Japan’s main island of Honshu.

The submarine involved was the first-in-class Soryu, one of 11 of these diesel-electric attack submarines active with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). The submarine entered service in 2009 and was taking part in a routine training exercise at the time of the collision.

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Modern passive sonar tells the sub where something as noisy as a merchant vessel is very accurately. My guess would be that the sub was either trying to practice a following maneuver to hide it's own presence or they just screwed up.

Very true. Someone definitely screwed up big time. However this incident occurred 25 miles south of Cape Ashizuri which is the middle of the Bungo Suido. That's the nautical equivalent of the middle of a super highway, so relying on passive sonar is problematic due to the sheer volume of shipping traffic in the area. Why they didn't surface outside of the shipping channel and then proceed into the lane on the surface is beyond me.

[Keyhopper]

What fun would that be...
Sometimes you just have to use the force Luke😁

[M Kehoe]

Go go go Godzilla. BOC.

Now you got an ear worm...

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