US Navy Submarine And Ship collide Near Iran.  (oh boy, we need this now? Radar anyone?)

 

1. I’ll almost guarantee you that the career of the Hartford’s skipper is OVER. Part of the core responsibilities of a sub driver is knowing what is on the surface above him. Unless the New Orleans was dead in the water for several minutes before the collision, the sonar guys had no excuse not to know they were there. All it would take was for someone to ask them. So yeah, the careers of both the CO and the Officer of the Deck ended at 1 am. No way in hell is an LPD quiet enough on the surface that a Los Angeles class SSN can’t hear it, not if the LPD’s engines were running.

   Posted by GrumpyOldFart       03/20/2009  at  12:15 PM  



2. GREAT CATCH Peiper!! This is hardly breaking yet on US news.

   There was no damage to the Hartford’s atomic propulsion system. The Navy said the New Orleans, designed to land U.S. Marine Corps forces, experienced a ruptured fuel tank, resulting in a diesel fuel spill of 25,000 gallons.

   The Navy said that after the collision, both ships were operating under their own power and were headed to undisclosed locations for repair and evaluation.

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   <center>USS New Orleans</center>

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   <center><i>USS Hartford

   Posted by Drew458       03/20/2009  at  01:46 PM  

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