Posted on 01/08/2005 3:19:47 AM PST by Jet Jaguar
HONOLULU (AP) - A nuclear submarine ran aground about 350 miles south of Guam, injuring several sailors, one of them critically, the Navy said.
There were no reports of damage to the USS San Francisco's reactor plant, which was operating normally, the Navy said.
Jon Yoshishige, a spokesman for the U.S. Pacific Fleet based at Pearl Harbor, said the Friday afternoon incident is under investigation and the 360-foot submarine was headed back to its home port in Guam.
Details on the sailors' injuries were not immediately available. The sub has a crew of 137, officials said.
Military and Coast Guard aircraft from Guam were en route to monitor the submarine and assist if needed, the Navy said.
Guam is a U.S. territory about 3,700 miles southwest of Hawaii.
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Let's break it down for the land lubbers?
1) The Captain doesn't AUTOMATICALLY lose command of his boat. There will be an investigation to determine whether or not he was responsible for the accident. But....
2) Non-Navy types will be SHOCKED at how many things a skipper is responsible for. It's almost anything.
3) It could be OK if there is no way he could have avoided the accident. And by "no way" I mean... nobody he placed on watch made an incompetent error.... no equipment HE was responsible for failed for lack of maintenance... no charts of the area showed the danger... and on, and on, and on. A captain is always responsible for his boat and crew. If there was ANY reasonable (and some unreasonable) way to avoid the incident... he's in trouble. If there was no way to avoid the incident... we don't cashier good skippers for the he11 of it!
It's just that the Navy's standards are not the same as the rest of the world's. It's a different life out there.
Underwater volcanic activity can raise sea beds, and make charts inaccurate.
I'm looking, but cant seem to find anything recent in the yap trench area.
Ahh, thanks :)
My Husband was a TMC (before LDO) and he and his COB went round and round about hotracking in "his" torpedo room.
Is it possible that there was a change in the sea floor, due to the earthquake that caused the tsunami?
Mark
Which is why you, I and others that share similar natures are such perfect targets for such an ingenious trolling technique.
I can even picture using it during a design review meeting: just say something to the effect that you read/heard about it on Oprah and wait for the response. If you don't crack first, it may take a few moments before the others catch on.
That far out, I would doubt it.
Do attack subs (or any subs) constantly use their sonar? It seems to me that it would give away their location.
Mark
Yep, a TM's worst nightmare. Nubs are stinky!
My son Zack is abord. Please for the crew.
Your husband is a great guy!
Knuckledraggers are a dying breed.
I think the AUTEC setup is pretty unique, but we have a similar area off San Clemente Island. We used to shoot excercise torpedos on the range over there when Pogy was in San Diego.
the last I knew the PAC equivalent of AUTEC was at San Clemente Island. I don't have any personal experence there (Lant fleet sailor here), but my wife served on torpedo retrevial craft there in her early career as a non-rate.
You have my prayers, and definitely the prayers of everyone I can find RS.
And if you need anything at all, let us know. Bubbleheads stick together, and you are family, even if I dont know you.
Just the driver.
I pray for his safety as well as the other crew members.
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