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Navy probe finds US nuclear-powered submarine hit underwater mountain
https://www.fox6now.com/news/navy-probe-finds-us-nuclear-powered-submarine-hit-underwater-mountain ^
| 11/2/2021
| FOX
Posted on 11/02/2021 1:18:00 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan
Edited on 11/02/2021 5:12:39 PM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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YOKOSUKA, Japan - A U.S. Navy attack submarine was determined to have hit an uncharted underwater mountain last month, officials said in a statement following an investigation.
A statement issued Monday revealed that the nuclear-powered USS Connecticut struck a seamount — or underwater mountain.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hitamountain; nuclearsub
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To: antidemoncrat
you might run into a mountain.It does happen. It's a simple math problem. If the chart says you are in a spot where the depth is X fathoms and your depth is Y fathoms and you subtract X - Y. If the difference is a positive number then you are cool. It's basic people.
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posted on
11/02/2021 2:19:42 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: antidemoncrat
Nuclear subs have near perfect inertial navigation. I think one crossed the Atlantic with a deviation of a few yards. In the 1980s...
But not all seamounts are charted. And I still have my doubts about the actual cause.
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posted on
11/02/2021 2:21:52 PM PDT
by
Little Ray
(Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
To: central_va
Chinese traffic jam.
no wonder they have to practice fire drills all the time.
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To: Bonemaker
Uhh, don’t they have advanced underwater sonar type electronics or do they just navigate blind? They use an inertial navigation system. Sonar is almost always used in passive mode, listening only. And since sea mounts don't generate any noise...
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
I saw the episode of Grand Tour that was done over there. Amazing amount of highway construction. You can understand why they are going to coal powered electric cars to conserve petroleum for the military.
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posted on
11/02/2021 2:24:14 PM PDT
by
nascarnation
(Let's Go Brandon!)
To: Lockbox
Ok, now you’ve got that song stuck in my head!
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posted on
11/02/2021 2:24:21 PM PDT
by
airborne
(Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! )
To: GOPJ
I can still remember working on the Eisenhower when it had a rogue wave rip of an elevator and the amount of pictures etc that were taken of the incident. Hence, why I made the mention of seeing the pictures of this sub collision incident.
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posted on
11/02/2021 2:24:55 PM PDT
by
cranked
To: ping jockey
and then it is very unlikely. There are modes that have never been actively operated at sea. NOT ONE TIME.Subs can and do use all active their sonar gear during live torpedo firing exercises. Especially at torpedo firing ranges. Same thing with surface ships.
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posted on
11/02/2021 2:24:59 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: wannabegeek
Any World War II submarine Axis or Allied hit underwater mountain? The max submerged depth of a World War 2 submarine is a fraction of a modern submarine.
To: ping jockey
I always liked the bow window idea on this fictitious sub form the 60's TV show.
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posted on
11/02/2021 2:30:32 PM PDT
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central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: ping jockey
I was your surface navy counter part.
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posted on
11/02/2021 2:32:41 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
To: waterhill
I know lots of guys that had BUMPEX’s it was never something that wasn’t man made.
Papers may say it was a whale... BS.
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posted on
11/02/2021 2:32:45 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Joe Biden is like bald tires in the rain, Alec Baldwin with a gun..)
To: pierrem15
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posted on
11/02/2021 2:33:22 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Joe Biden is like bald tires in the rain, Alec Baldwin with a gun..)
To: mylife
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posted on
11/02/2021 2:34:47 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
To: Right Wing Vegan
Obviously hit some kind of a trap in that waterway, possibly Chinese, possibly ours.
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posted on
11/02/2021 2:38:23 PM PDT
by
BobL
(I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
To: PIF
Sounds more like a close encounter of the "Chicom kind".
Boats got way to close and bang.
Maybe playing chicken.
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