Posted on 03/20/2009 6:48:01 AM PDT by Scythian
MANAMA, Bahrain The U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet says two of its vessels a submarine and an amphibious ship collided in the Strait of Hormuz between Iran and the Arabian peninsula early Friday.
The military says in a statement that the collision occurred around 1:00 a.m. local time on Friday (5 p.m. EDT, Thursday).
The USS Hartford, a submarine, collided with an amphibious ship, the USS New Orleans.
According to the Bahrain-based 5th Fleet, 15 soldiers aboard the Hartford were slightly injured but able to return to duty. No injuries were reported aboard the New Orleans.
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Or, howsabout 2,271,000,000 drops? (based on 90840 drops/gallon) Funny thing is, let's talk about a TRILLION for a moment. If we look at Obama's TRILLION DOLLAR spending spree as drops of spilt oil at a dollar a drop, he spilled 11,008,366.4 gallons! Of our oil, er, water, uh, fuel. Yeah. But spilling 25,000 gallons is still pretty bad.
Is a submarine a ship?
lol....
This is the second mishap event in six weeks or so. I wonder about the people the Navy is choosing to captain its ships and submarines.
It boggles the mind that two things so large can EVER be in collision proximity unless all electronic range sensing devices are out of commission on both vessels.
But I’m a retired Army puke so what do I know?
No, I was in the Deck Department at the time of the collicions, but struck for ET shortly after. I don’t remember the name. I’ll check my cruise books. Is that you?
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