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The U.S. Navy still isn’t positive what one of its most powerful attack submarines hit in the South China Sea, as repair assessments continue in Guam, four sources familiar with the results of the preliminary investigations told USNI News this week. As of Tuesday afternoon, the undersea object that damaged the forward section of USS Connecticut (SSN-22) had not been definitively determined as part of several investigations into the Oct. 2 incident, the sources said. Early indications were Connecticut hit a seamount in the South China Sea, two defense officials familiar with the Navy’s examination of the submarines told USNI...

The U.S. Navy announced Thursday that a nuclear submarine, the USS Connecticut, struck an object in the South China Sea on October 2. No one was injured in the crash, which took place in international waters. “The submarine remains in a safe and stable condition,” the Navy said. “USS Connecticut’s nuclear propulsion plant and spaces were not affected and remain fully operational. The extent of damage to the remainder of the submarine is being assessed. The U.S. Navy has not requested assistance. The incident will be investigated.” According to The Washington Post, the Navy disclosed the collision Thursday, about five...

A US nuclear powered submarine struck an object underwater in the South China Sea on Saturday, according to two defense officials. A number of sailors on board the USS Connecticut were injured in the accident, the officials said. None of the injuries were life-threatening, according to a statement from US Pacific Fleet. "The submarine remains in safe and stable condition. USS Connecticut's nuclear propulsion plant and spaces were not affected and remain fully operational," the statement said. "The incident will be investigated." The US Navy did not specify the incident took place in the South China Sea, only that it...

A US nuclear powered submarine struck an object underwater in the South China Sea on Saturday, according to two defense officials. A number of sailors on board the USS Connecticut were injured in the accident, the officials said. None of the injuries were life-threatening, according to a statement from US Pacific Fleet. It's unclear what the Seawolf-class submarine may have hit while it was submerged. "The submarine remains in a safe and stable condition. USS Connecticut's nuclear propulsion plant and spaces were not affected and remain fully operational," the statement said. "The incident will be investigated." The US Navy did...

Naval submarine Jimmy Carter christened at Connecticut shipyard GROTON, Conn. (AP) -- Former President Jimmy Carter was filled with emotion Saturday as the most advanced nuclear submarine in the U.S. Navy was named after him at a Connecticut shipyard. "This is a very wonderful day for me, to see my wife break the champagne on undoubtedly the finest and most formidable ship in the world," said Carter, a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and the only submariner to be elected president. Carter's wife, Rosalynn, blessed the Seawolf-class nuclear submarine and its crew, then hesitated for a moment before cracking...

TASTY? Bruin chews on the rudder of the U.S. submarine Connecticut. A polar bear gnawed on the rudder of a U.S. submarine and then attacked it after the sub surfaced in the ice pack during maneuvers between the North Pole and Alaska this spring, the U.S. Navy reported last week. The submarine Connecticut, a new Seawolf-class sub, had partly surfaced with its sail and rudder sticking through the ice on April 27. "When an officer looked around outside via the periscope, he noted that his sub was being stalked by a hostile polar bear," the Navy reported on its news...

Bear snacks on US subBy Scott Jenkins May 29, 2003 IT'S not often a submariner would see a polar bear in his periscope, but that's exactly what happened recently in Prudehoe Bay off the northern coast of Alaska. The USS Connecticut meets the bear During training exercises near the North Pole, the submarine USS Connecticut poked its sail and fin through the ice. An officer turned on the scope's camera and this bizarre image of a bear trying to eat the sub's rear fin was the result. The bear played with the fin for half an hour, thinking the giant...

Bear snacks on US sub By Scott Jenkins May 29, 2003 IT'S not often a submariner would see a polar bear in his periscope, but that's exactly what happened recently in Prudehoe Bay off the northern coast of Alaska. The USS Connecticut meets the bear During training exercises near the North Pole, the submarine USS Connecticut poked its sail and fin through the ice. An officer turned on the scope's camera and this bizarre image of a bear trying to eat the sub's rear fin was the result. The bear played with the fin for half an hour, thinking the...

A polar bear investigates the submarine top of USS Connecticut during a Navy ice exercise near Prudhoe Bay off the northern coast of Alaska on April 27, 2003 in this photographic handout. James Watkins, chairman of a presidential oceans commission, traveled abaoard the sub to find out more about research on climate change from a Navy ice station for Artic research, from where the photo was taken.