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Bangor submarine collides in Strait of Juan de Fuca
Kitsap Sun ^ | Aug. 19, 2016 | Ed Friedrich

Posted on 08/22/2016 7:24:29 AM PDT by RitchieAprile

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To: Lower Deck

“What the hell is an “offshore support vessel”?”

Probably one of these:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RiverHawk_OSV_60

200 feet long, well deck with two fast attack boats; armed with a 30mm main gun and an assortment of machine guns. Crew of 26 with 40 passengers.


21 posted on 08/22/2016 8:28:07 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: YOMO

Or an affirmative action hire, designed to make the Navy more cultural.


22 posted on 08/22/2016 8:30:04 AM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: Lower Deck
Except the Navy calls sub tenders "sub tenders" and not "offshore support vessels". And the only two they have are in Guam and Diego Garcia.

My brother in law lives right on Hood Canal, just a couple miles from Bangor base... we've seen many times the subs coming and going, and they're usually flanked by a couple ships that look like barges. I always assumed they were mainly to hide the subs as they make their way out of the area.

I do know that getting anywhere near that base is bad news... one night my brother-in-law's boat broke free from it's anchor overnight. My brother-in-law had left for work early the next morning, and my sister-in-law discovered that the boat was drifting toward the base, so she got in the Zodiac and went to get it. She was met by a couple of boats with well-armed Marines who were very serious. They eventually did tow their boat back to her though.

23 posted on 08/22/2016 8:44:51 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: knarf

given the size and bulk of the boomer, I suspect the smaller vessel hit the sub


24 posted on 08/22/2016 8:50:28 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... We Frack for Peace)
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To: Lower Deck

Thanks LD


25 posted on 08/22/2016 8:56:54 AM PDT by cport (How can political capital be spent on a bunch of ingrates)
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To: Lib-Lickers 2

What difference, at this point, does it make!


26 posted on 08/22/2016 9:38:37 AM PDT by Noob1999
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To: alexander_busek
But these submarines are equipped with airbags, right?

You must be thinking of the subs with all-women crews...

27 posted on 08/22/2016 10:17:05 AM PDT by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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To: PAR35
The ship in question:  photo HOSEagleview_zpszl7srpkk.jpg USNS Eagleview (T-AGSE-3)
28 posted on 08/23/2016 7:16:36 AM PDT by RitchieAprile
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To: RitchieAprile

Thanks. Looks like a lightly modified work boat.


29 posted on 08/23/2016 8:03:58 AM PDT by PAR35
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