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Two U.S. Navy Ships Collide in Strait of Hormuz, Injuring 15
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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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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hormuz; submarine; tm; usnavy; usshartford; ussneworleans
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To: Scythian
NTSB Report: MEMO TO CAPTAINS:

NO MORE TEXTING.

/SARC

21 posted on 03/20/2009 6:53:43 AM PDT by NordP (CONSERVATIVE AGAIN IN 2010 ..... Now, is it 2012 yet ???)
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To: Scythian
USS Hartford website:

http://navysite.de/ssn/ssn768.htm

LA Class boat. Highly maneuverable and not as big as the Sturgeon class that proceeded it.

22 posted on 03/20/2009 6:53:55 AM PDT by edcoil (Are we there yet?)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

“...As they should. Too bad we can’t hold Congress to such a degree of accountability”

Good point. Very few congresscritters would get past the security checks to become a sub commander. Heck, they couldn’t qualify to be anything on something as technically sophisticated as a nuke sub.

Wanna really be scared? Think of the Obamaloon as a commander. Gads, I forgot, that idiot is Commander in Chief!


23 posted on 03/20/2009 6:54:10 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Slapshot68

Pity...that would have been too perfect


24 posted on 03/20/2009 6:55:13 AM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (ALSO SPRACH ZEROTHUSTRA)
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To: Scythian

“15 soldiers aboard the Hartford”

Ya mean sailors? sheeesh


25 posted on 03/20/2009 6:55:25 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: Scythian

The article doesn’t say one way or another, but given that the max depth of the water in the shipping lanes is only about 300 ft, I would hope the sub was, at the time, on the surface.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Strait_of_hormuz_full.jpg


26 posted on 03/20/2009 6:55:45 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Slapshot68

You are correct, my mistake.


27 posted on 03/20/2009 6:56:53 AM PDT by mortal19440
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To: Scythian

Wow! How in the hell could that happen?


28 posted on 03/20/2009 6:56:55 AM PDT by KoRn
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To: Scythian
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.
ta-ta Skipper.
(Plus, its not exactly a good time for a career change.)
29 posted on 03/20/2009 6:57:09 AM PDT by Condor51 (The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits)
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To: edcoil

I beg to differ. Sturgeon boats were much smaller than 688’s. I used to repair both classes.


30 posted on 03/20/2009 6:57:53 AM PDT by EricT. ("Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government." -George Washington)
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To: Doohickey; judicial meanz; submarinerswife; PogySailor; chasio649; gobucks; Bottom_Gun; Dog Gone; ..
"All station, conn. Proceeding to periscope depth." ping to the Steely-Eyed Killers of the Deep
31 posted on 03/20/2009 6:58:25 AM PDT by Doohickey (The more cynical you become, the better off you'll be.)
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To: EricT.
When did they start putting soldiers on submarines?

About the same time Biden referred to McCain as a soldier.

32 posted on 03/20/2009 6:59:04 AM PDT by CrazyIvan (If you read only one book this year, read "Stolen Valor".)
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To: Scythian

From the Stupid Shall Be Punished blog, a copy of the 5th Fleet press release:

Here’s the news release from Fifth Fleet:

A U.S. Navy submarine and U.S. amphibious ship collided in the Strait of Hormuz early Friday morning, March 20, 2009.
The collision between USS Hartford (SSN 768) and USS New Orleans (LPD 18) occurred at approximately 1:00 a.m. local time (5:00 p.m. EDT, March 19).
Fifteen sailors aboard the Hartford were slightly injured and returned to duty. No personnel aboard New Orleans were injured.
Overall damage to both ships is being evaluated. The propulsion plant of the submarine was unaffected by this collision. New Orleans suffered a ruptured fuel tank, which resulted in an oil spill of approximately 25,000 gallons of diesel fuel marine. Both ships are currently operating under their own power.
The incident is currently under investigation.


33 posted on 03/20/2009 7:00:45 AM PDT by libtoken
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins
Haven’t collisions been happening rather frequently in the USN lately? I think this is the fifth such incident I’ve read about, so far.

Yes, they do seem to keep running into things....

34 posted on 03/20/2009 7:00:47 AM PDT by tvdog12345
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To: EricT.

I would have agreed with you however I was on the 662 and it was 392 feet. I also thought the LA class was larger however on the spec on this boat is:

Length: 360 feet (109.73 meters)

Maybe a shorter design for the class for a special purpose.


35 posted on 03/20/2009 7:01:32 AM PDT by edcoil (Are we there yet?)
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To: edcoil

LA class are 60ft longer, a foot wider at the beam and displace more than 200 more tons of seawater than the Sturgeon class (a bit less for stretch hulls).


36 posted on 03/20/2009 7:02:42 AM PDT by Doohickey (The more cynical you become, the better off you'll be.)
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To: Scythian

The news just reported about 25K gallons of fuel was spilled, so expect Iran to scream about the US causing an oil slick on their shores.


37 posted on 03/20/2009 7:02:57 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: AFreeBird

If the sub was on the surface then he was not the more maneuverable vessel. Think about it. Submarines do not have a keel & so they have some directional instability while cruising surfaced.

There was another collision involving a surfaced sub a few years ago. The sub was cruising a parallel course while re-supplying from a large supply ship. The 2 vessels bumped when the sub side-slipped into the larger vessel.

Not enought to go on in this story, but if they were surfaced I could see this happening very easily.


38 posted on 03/20/2009 7:03:42 AM PDT by Tallguy ("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
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To: mortal19440

Nope—Hampton is the boat—I-flight 688. SSN-767


39 posted on 03/20/2009 7:03:42 AM PDT by OCCASparky (Steely-Eyed Killer of the Deep)
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To: mgc1122

These Captains obtained their commissions during a previous administration, which also set the rules for navigation. It’s Bush’s fault.


40 posted on 03/20/2009 7:03:47 AM PDT by frithguild (Can I drill your head now?)
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