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US attack sub has a collision today
« on: October 07, 2021, 02:54:38 PM »
https://news.usni.org/2021/10/07/breaking-attack-submarine-uss-connecticut-suffers-underwater-in-pacific?fbclid=IwAR1xYRcQ_-ehnbgjWz2fkZEPp54H-BrDLDCbcEyGje0za5nllp21IqkL_mE

It struck an 'underwater object'.  A seamount? A Chinese or Russian submarine? A whale?  I wonder if we will hear more about this.
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Re: US attack sub has a collision today
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2021, 03:32:30 PM »
Some of the submariners on here might chime in, but I would think that they have good enough charts that hitting the bottom is not all that likely.

I bet it's either a big animal, another sub (like the various Soviet/US bumps), or the first Kaiju from the Pacific Rim rift.

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Re: US attack sub has a collision today
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2021, 04:07:55 PM »
^^^I am reminded of the US sub that struck the uncharted underwater seamount a few years back: the USS San Francisco back in 2005.
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Re: US attack sub has a collision today
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2021, 04:25:37 PM »
^^^I am reminded of the US sub that struck the uncharted underwater seamount a few years back: the USS San Francisco back in 2005.

I had a good friend that was standing Diving Officer Watch when that happened. Those guys did an excellent job of saving that boat and all the USN wanted to do was hang them out to dry. Moving in excess of reported speed to zero knots in the blink of an eye.

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Re: US attack sub has a collision today
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2021, 05:24:00 PM »
This sub was in the South China Sea.  Wonder if they hit another sub or something else that wasn't supposed to be there.
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Re: US attack sub has a collision today
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2021, 05:27:18 PM »
You'd think they'd have someone looking out the windows to avoid this sort of thing.
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Re: US attack sub has a collision today
« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2021, 05:30:40 PM »
You'd think they'd have someone looking out the windows to avoid this sort of thing.
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Re: US attack sub has a collision today
« Reply #7 on: October 07, 2021, 05:59:49 PM »
You'd think they'd have someone looking out the windows to avoid this sort of thing.

They did, but it is dark down there and the headlights were off.
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Re: US attack sub has a collision today
« Reply #8 on: October 07, 2021, 06:02:30 PM »
I had a good friend that was standing Diving Officer Watch when that happened. Those guys did an excellent job of saving that boat and all the USN wanted to do was hang them out to dry. Moving in excess of reported speed to zero knots in the blink of an eye.

https://www.wearethemighty.com/popular/submarine-runs-into-undersea-mountain/

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After reading the article and seeing the number of casualties, I bet the IDC on board was busy.
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Re: US attack sub has a collision today
« Reply #9 on: October 07, 2021, 06:14:19 PM »
They did, but it is dark down there and the headlights were off.

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Re: US attack sub has a collision today
« Reply #10 on: October 07, 2021, 06:18:33 PM »

https://www.nsc.org/safety-training/defensive-driving/courses/online

Of course, it's always the other driver's fault.

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« Reply #11 on: October 07, 2021, 06:37:06 PM »
The Seaview is still in service?!

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Re: US attack sub has a collision today
« Reply #12 on: October 07, 2021, 06:47:07 PM »
^^^And would Kowalski be striking the monster with a wrench?
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Re: US attack sub has a collision today
« Reply #13 on: October 07, 2021, 06:53:27 PM »
^^^And would Kowalski be striking the monster with a wrench?

Of course
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Re: US attack sub has a collision today
« Reply #14 on: October 07, 2021, 10:06:43 PM »
Not enough information yet.  Could be nearly anything from an uncharted sea mount as was the case with the San Francisco to another submarine.  Even a very slowly sinking shipping container lost off a cargo ship that has achieved near neutral buoyancy is within the realm of possibility.

That the statement made a point of stating that the ship was operating in international waters may be telling.
Knowing a little better where the boat was operating would also help fuel the  wild ass guessing  =D .
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Re: US attack sub has a collision today
« Reply #16 on: October 23, 2021, 06:02:30 PM »
Is this sub optimal?
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Re: US attack sub has a collision today
« Reply #18 on: November 05, 2021, 01:22:35 PM »
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Re: US attack sub has a collision today
« Reply #19 on: November 05, 2021, 01:36:55 PM »
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-fires-uss-connecticut-leaders-underwater-collision/?utm_source=Task+%26+Purpose+Today&utm_campaign=a6c5217578-TP_Today_11_05_2021&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_67edd998fe-a6c5217578-80255874
Navy fires leaders of USS Connecticut following submarine crash into undersea mountain

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The captain, executive officer, and chief of the boat of the Seawolf-class attack submarine USS Connecticut have all been fired following an Oct. 2 incident in which the boat struck an underwater mountain in the South China Sea, the Navy announced on Thursday.

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“Thomas determined sound judgement, prudent decision-making and adherence to required procedures in navigation planning, watch team execution and risk management could have prevented the incident.”

One of only three Seawolf-class boats, the Connecticut cost about $3.1 billion to build. Eleven members of the submarine’s crew were injured in the Oct. 2 collision.
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Re: US attack sub has a collision today
« Reply #20 on: November 05, 2021, 01:51:28 PM »
Is no one mapping the sea floor these days?
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« Reply #21 on: November 05, 2021, 01:52:42 PM »
Is no one mapping the sea floor these days?
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Re: US attack sub has a collision today
« Reply #22 on: November 05, 2021, 02:07:59 PM »
Is no one mapping the sea floor these days?

I've read that our ocean floor maps are badly out of date and have been for some time.  Supposedly, the Navy knows this and yet has not made any real effort to rectify the situation.  Relieving the CO, XO and senior enlisted personnel of the boat is a way of covering up the senior leadership's role in debacles such as this.
The boat may have well been on an intelligence gathering mission in the SCS.  They would have been a situation where they could not use sensor systems that normally would have allowed them to detect an uncharted seamount before a collision.  Using those sensor systems could have revealed their location to a potential enemy (China).
Maybe some of our experienced former sub drivers can weigh in on this and provide better information than I can.
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« Reply #23 on: November 05, 2021, 03:52:17 PM »

Anyone that believes that story, I can sell you some ocean front property in Oklahoma.
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Re: US attack sub has a collision today
« Reply #24 on: November 05, 2021, 04:34:08 PM »
Anyone that believes that story, I can sell you some ocean front property in Oklahoma.

There actually are seaports in OK. :)  Riverfront tho', not ocean front.
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