Posted on 02/01/2005 7:38:46 PM PST by esryle
The U.S. Navy released this photograph last Thursday of the nuclear submarine San Francisco, which crashed headlong into an uncharted undersea mountain near Guam on January 8. Standing more than three stories high and with classified technology veiled by a tarp, the fast- attack submarine is shown awaiting repairs in a Guam dry dock.
The impact shredded the submarine's nose, killed one sailor, and injured 60 more. The sailors were largely protected by the vessel's reinforced inner hull, which did not rupture. After the wreck, the crew quickly ascended and sailed along the ocean's surface back to their base in Guam.
Well, anything with name SAN FRANCISCO on it has no idea where to stick itself...
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Big to do about this. I was in Guam the past 2 weeks and saw them put it in dry dock. Very sad for the crew.
Pretty amazing that it could stand this much damage and not leak. I'm impressed.
Whata photo. It's amazing that the ship didn't sink.
Uncharted Mountain?Someone was not manning their post.Sonar been around for years.
uh-oh. better get MAACO.
Let me guess...hit and run by an SUV
They were traveling 30 knots. In order for them to use sonar to detect a mountain they have to be using active sonar, which they were not. Unfortunatly
I understand that at times they purposefully do not use sonar, depending on their location and purpose for being where they are.
I am sure there is much more to this then we will be told.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1330034/posts
Navy photos of Submarine USS San Francisco in Dry Dock (you won't believe the extent of damage!)
U.S. Navy ^
Posted on 01/27/2005 2:42:24 PM CST by Boot Hill
While on patrol in the Barents’s Sea near the primary Soviet Submarine base at Severomorsk, the BATON ROUGE collided with the BARRACUDA, a Soviet, Sierra-class, nuclear-powered attack submarine.
Details of the collision are not made public, and this remains one of the more controversial collisions in U.S. submarine service history. It also led to heated diplomatic exchanges between the governments involved.
Both submarines were able to return to their respective bases under their own power. However, the BARRACUDA has remained in dry-dock ever since the accident.
The BATON ROUGE was reportedly due to be re-fueled, a lengthy and expensive proposition. Military budget cutbacks apparently did not allow for the additional expense of the repairs needed, and BATON ROUGE was decommissioned less than a year after the collision, on January 13, 1995. She had only been in service for 16 years, and was the first LOS ANGELES class submarine decommissioned.
The extent of the damage has not been publicly disclosed, but must be inferred from the fact that the BATON ROUGE was decommissioned, rather than repaired.
No men lost.
[ The Chicoutimi will join it's sister submarines Harpoutimi, Zeppoutimi and Grouchoutimi in the Canadian non-sailing / non-diving submarine programme. ]
LoL.....
It's the result of some excellent Damage Control training. Ships and subs are very compartmentalized and can be sealed off quickly by a well-trained crew.
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