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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.)

Related Sites:
U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet news release
U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. 5th Fleet


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: bahrain; colide; hormuz; submarine; usnavy; usshartford; ussneworleans
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1 posted on 03/20/2009 4:02:36 PM PDT by SandRat
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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)
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To: SandRat

oops.


3 posted on 03/20/2009 4:06:02 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The Last Boy Scout)
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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?)
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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)
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To: hoosierham

What the hell is the skimmer pukes excuse? they got eyes everywhere.


6 posted on 03/20/2009 4:07:41 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: SandRat

Oh crap. Another stand down.


7 posted on 03/20/2009 4:10:36 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: SandRat

Check back in 2003 SSN768 also grounded off La Madalena.


8 posted on 03/20/2009 4:19:25 PM PDT by ogghall
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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.


9 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.)
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To: SandRat

Verify range to target with a single ping.


10 posted on 03/20/2009 4:26:07 PM PDT by Delta 21
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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.


14 posted on 03/20/2009 4:38:43 PM PDT by I Hate Obama
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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.


15 posted on 03/20/2009 5:12:37 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("O Muslim! My cartridges are lubricated with pig grease!")
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To: SandRat

I was never in the Armed Forces so I don’t understand how this could happen.


16 posted on 03/20/2009 5:23:11 PM PDT by NV Lawdog (I'd rather be judged by twelve, than carried by six.)
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To: NV Lawdog

How it happened will be the big question of the Admiralty Board to find out.


17 posted on 03/20/2009 6:02:33 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: mylife

Yep, and those sifting, sandy/murky bottoms can change drastically requiring extra diligence when shadowing.


18 posted on 03/20/2009 7:42:49 PM PDT by jettester (I got paid to break 'em - not fly 'em)
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins
One case involved a light-house, IIRC.

Aren't light houses there so ships will AVOID them?

19 posted on 03/20/2009 8:01:59 PM PDT by Hacksaw
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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.


20 posted on 03/20/2009 8:09:39 PM PDT by Vinnie (You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Jihads You)
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