Posted on 09/05/2005 1:59:24 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A U.S. Navy submarine collided early Monday with a Turkish merchant ship in the Gulf, the U.S. Navy reported. No one was hurt on either vessel.
The USS Philadelphia was traveling on the surface of the Gulf when it hit the Turkish-flagged M/V Yaso Aysen, a cargo ship, at around 2:00 a.m. local time, the U.S. Navy 5th Fleet Headquarters in Bahrain reported in a statement.
No sailors or merchant seamen were injured, the Navy said.
The Philadelphia was conducting surface operations on its way to Bahrain for a scheduled port visit, the Navy said.
The submarine continued to Bahrain where inspectors will check it for damage. There were no immediate reports of damage to the Turkish ship.
The Navy statement did not say exactly where the collision took place.
The Philadelphia is part of a fleet of U.S. and allied navy vessels patrolling the Gulf, conducting what are called "maritime security operations" against weapons and drug smuggling.
AP-ES-09-05-05 0324EDT
bttt
I don't understand how this can happen.
First they hit an underwater mountain, now they run into a cargo ship. Someone get that dudes eyes checked. :D
Change of Command ceremony soon.
I can see how...in the late 70's, SSN Snook (Sub Group Five) of Sub Base San Diego surfaced beneath a barge while entering San Diego Harbor. Can't tell ya'll how I know this as I just might get in big trouble.
there goes one or several careers.....
A vacancy for submarine captain just opened up.
They'd been away from women too long?
Somebody just lost their command.
Collision while surfaced no less!
Radar? Lookouts? Hello?
Dammit, you made me spit my beer!!!
Embarrassing, at an international level! Glad it wasn't worse.
But Tom Clancy told me that you can hear a whale fart 2,000 miles away!
This a link to an article from the (yuck) Washington Post concerning sub collisions. Amazingly it is accurate...
http://www.prop1.org/2000/accident/1989/890712a1.htm
Yep, this Captain dude can just start packing. No excuse will work in this case. And the Turks...they will get at least $100k each for compensation I bet.
The Captain will most likely be re-assigned to shore or neutral duty for a few years, probably on a sub tender, and will then be given a new command. Sub commanders are not that plentiful and cost big bucks to train.
Read the link to the Post article, it will explain how this happens.
Yup...that's it! Listening to whale farts is both hilarious and addicting! Guess where the lookout was?
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