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.
(Excerpt) Read more at kitsapsun.com ...
There go the skippers’ careers, down the tubes.
Saw the Craig’s List add for a new Submarine Commander this morning....
On the Canada side of the straight, or the US side?
Someone will be out of work soon.
Regards,
The state of Washington will want the Navy to guarantee this will never happen again, and if it can’t, will ask the Navy to leave.
Maybe Obama was playing through.
Some disgruntled enemy reporter decided to use the word "collides" when it was probably a scrape.
Everything I just said is a pure guess,
comments ?
as long as it wasn’t their “intention” to crash their vessels why shouldn’t both captains still be considered for admirals?
What the hell is an “offshore support vessel”?
They’re called sub tenders, and are specifically used for underway replenishment and repair for subs.
Shouldn’t that read “Banger submarine collides....”?
It may be one of these:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RiverHawk_OSV_60
They appear to be a multifunction support for riverine, SEALS, coastal patrol, etc...
I am speculating, but it may have been escorting the boomer out to the open sea.
In other news, a tugboat ‘COLLIDED’ with a barge crane on Lake Union causing fear, panic, and pandemonium to nearby Salmon. The EPA is investigating.
or BANGER - er submarine or BUMPer submarine?
It doesn’t matter, the jokes are going to write themselves.
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.
It was probably one of these - Link
K you started it. It must have been a female helmsman driving the sub.
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