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U.S. Navy Ship, Sub Collide in Middle East’s Hormuz Strait
American Forces Press Service ^
Posted on 03/20/2009 4:02:35 PM PDT by SandRat
| WASHINGTON, March 20, 2009 – Two U.S. Navy vessels, a submarine and a surface ship, collided in the Strait of Hormuz today, according to a U.S. Navy news release.
The collision involved the USS Hartford, a Los Angeles-class nuclear submarine, and the USS New Orleans, an amphibious ship, according to a release issued by the Bahrain-based U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet.
The Hartford’s nuclear propulsion plant was unaffected by the collision.
Fifteen submariners aboard the Hartford were slightly injured and have been returned to duty, the release said. No servicemembers aboard the New Orleans were injured.
The New Orleans reportedly sustained damage to a diesel fuel tank, which caused a leakage of about 25,000 gallons of fuel.
The incident is under investigation.
The Strait of Hormuz is a relatively narrow and strategic corridor of water that connects the Middle East’s Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. The Hormuz Strait is bordered by the Iranian coast to the north and the United Arab Emirates and a part of Oman to the south.
(From a U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, U.S. 5th Fleet news release.)
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: bahrain; colide; hormuz; submarine; usnavy; usshartford; ussneworleans
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posted on
03/20/2009 4:02:36 PM PDT
by
SandRat
To: SandRat
Ruh Roh.
There go a couple of careers.
2
posted on
03/20/2009 4:05:58 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: SandRat
3
posted on
03/20/2009 4:06:02 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(The Last Boy Scout)
To: SandRat
Some submariners careers just took a dive!
4
posted on
03/20/2009 4:06:04 PM PDT
by
hoosierham
(Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a credit card?)
To: SandRat
And in other news, two Navy captains decided to buy a farm ...
5
posted on
03/20/2009 4:07:37 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
To: hoosierham
What the hell is the skimmer pukes excuse? they got eyes everywhere.
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posted on
03/20/2009 4:07:41 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: SandRat
Oh crap. Another stand down.
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posted on
03/20/2009 4:10:36 PM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: SandRat
Check back in 2003 SSN768 also grounded off La Madalena.
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posted on
03/20/2009 4:19:25 PM PDT
by
ogghall
To: ogghall
Like I mentioned in another thread, this is like the 5th or 6th such naval collision in the very recent past.
One case involved a light-house, IIRC.
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posted on
03/20/2009 4:21:49 PM PDT
by
MyTwoCopperCoins
(I don't have a license to kill; I have a learner's permit.)
To: SandRat
Verify range to target with a single ping.
10
posted on
03/20/2009 4:26:07 PM PDT
by
Delta 21
To: mylife
My guess is the bubbleheads got too shallow when shadowing the target. Those Straits don’t leave too much room for error.
11
posted on
03/20/2009 4:27:14 PM PDT
by
jettester
(I got paid to break 'em - not fly 'em)
To: jettester
Nope. not much space above or below, or to the sides for that matter
12
posted on
03/20/2009 4:29:59 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: jettester
They were prolly using new orleans as a cloak
13
posted on
03/20/2009 4:30:37 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: SandRat
Do you think the terrorists might be hacking into our navigation system?
I know it sounds “Conspiracy Theorist” but there was an incident a few days ago where a ship hit construction debris. We have the most advanced ships in the world and I know mistakes do occur, but I find it a little strange.
To: hoosierham
Ever notice how in any mishap at sea involving U.S. naval vessels, the initial comments are always about dashed officers’ careers?
That’s becaue the Navy officer corps has long been described as the most aristocratic and the most cannibalistic of all the services.
I offer in evidence the careers of Admiral Husband Kimmel and the skipper of the U.S.S. Indianapolis.
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posted on
03/20/2009 5:12:37 PM PDT
by
elcid1970
("O Muslim! My cartridges are lubricated with pig grease!")
To: SandRat
I was never in the Armed Forces so I don’t understand how this could happen.
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posted on
03/20/2009 5:23:11 PM PDT
by
NV Lawdog
(I'd rather be judged by twelve, than carried by six.)
To: NV Lawdog
How it happened will be the big question of the Admiralty Board to find out.
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posted on
03/20/2009 6:02:33 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
To: mylife
Yep, and those sifting, sandy/murky bottoms can change drastically requiring extra diligence when shadowing.
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posted on
03/20/2009 7:42:49 PM PDT
by
jettester
(I got paid to break 'em - not fly 'em)
To: MyTwoCopperCoins
One case involved a light-house, IIRC. Aren't light houses there so ships will AVOID them?
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posted on
03/20/2009 8:01:59 PM PDT
by
Hacksaw
To: SandRat
How’s this theory.
The sub was trying to use the surface ship as sonar cover in order to sneak through the Straits unnoticed.
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posted on
03/20/2009 8:09:39 PM PDT
by
Vinnie
(You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Jihads You)
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