USNS Eagleview (T-AGSE-3)
Posted on 08/22/2016 7:24:29 AM PDT by RitchieAprile
BANGOR — The ballistic-missile submarine USS Louisiana and a Navy offshore support vessel collided while conducting routine operations in the Strait of Juan de Fuca on Thursday, according to Submarine Force Pacific.
The collision occurred at 6 p.m. There were no injuries. Damages to both vessels is being assessed.
Both ships returned to port under their own power, the support vessel to Port Angeles and the Louisiana to Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor.
The nuclear-powered Louisiana can be armed with up to 24 nuclear-tipped missiles.
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“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.
Or an affirmative action hire, designed to make the Navy more cultural.
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.
given the size and bulk of the boomer, I suspect the smaller vessel hit the sub
Thanks LD
What difference, at this point, does it make!
You must be thinking of the subs with all-women crews...
USNS Eagleview (T-AGSE-3)
Thanks. Looks like a lightly modified work boat.
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