Damage but no injuries as U.S. Navy cruiser, submarine collide

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - A U.S. Navy Aegis cruiser collided with a nuclear-powered submarine during exercises off the East Cost on Saturday, collapsing the sonar dome on the cruiser and possibly causing other damage, but no injuries, U.S. Navy officials said.

The collision between the USS San Jacinto and the nuclear-powered submarine USS Montpelier occurred about 3:30 p.m., the Navy said in a statement. The Navy declined to say where off the East Coast the accident occurred.

A Navy official said the watch team aboard the San Jacinto saw a periscope rise from the water about 100 to 200 yards (meters) ahead of the vessel during the exercise. The cruiser ordered "all back," but the San Jacinto still collided with the submarine.

The collision caused the collapse of the cruiser's sonar dome, a bulbous-shaped device on the bow of the ship beneath the water line, the Navy official said on condition of anonymity.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/14/us-usa-navy-collision-idUSBRE89D00X20121014

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Damage but no injuries as U.S. Navy cruiser, submarine collide (Original post)	jsr	Oct 2012	OP
Notice how private ships run into, say, Alaska, or Italy? Not our Navy. We	jtuck004	Oct 2012	#1
Well there goes 2 Navy command careers	Submariner	Oct 2012	#2
Yep.	HooptieWagon	Oct 2012	#12
Too much Champagne! Today is the Navy's birthday	SaveAmerica	Oct 2012	#3
"Fuck you! I'm not turning. You guys turn!"	Kennah	Oct 2012	#4
Just playing chicken, a very expensive game of chicken.	defacto7	Oct 2012	#5
Photos of the sub and the cruiser:	Rhiannon12866	Oct 2012	#6
Worst headline editing ever.	Arctic Dave	Oct 2012	#11
Sorry, but I just pasted the actual headline	Rhiannon12866	Oct 2012	#17
Yeah. I wasn't balaming you.	Arctic Dave	Oct 2012	#18
Well, there are a whole bunch of officer careers down the drain.	davepc	Oct 2012	#7
we've got so many subs that little Montpelier, Vt gets one?	Kindly Refrain	Oct 2012	#8
Keep talking trash about Vermont's sub, and they will sic Champ on your keester	Berlum	Oct 2012	#9
"What's next the USS Dodge City?"	KansDem	Oct 2012	#15
Snark aside, they were being named after cities in each state during the cold war.	NutmegYankee	Oct 2012	#16
One would think that a destroyer (whose job is to find submarines)	unhappycamper	Oct 2012	#10
It's an AEGIS Criuser, not a Destroyer.	Odin2005	Oct 2012	#13
EPIC FAIL!	Odin2005	Oct 2012	#14

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Sat Oct 13, 2012, 11:24 PM

jtuck004 (5,095 posts)

1. Notice how private ships run into, say, Alaska, or Italy? Not our Navy. We

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have the precision to hit a little ship in the middle of the ocean with another little ship. Your tax dollars at work.

(I put some effort into the Navy, so I know how difficult that is).

Damage but no injuries as U.S. Navy cruiser, submarine collide

1. Notice how private ships run into, say, Alaska, or Italy? Not our Navy. We

2. Well there goes 2 Navy command careers

12. Yep.

3. Too much Champagne! Today is the Navy's birthday

4. "Fuck you! I'm not turning. You guys turn!"

5. Just playing chicken, a very expensive game of chicken.

6. Photos of the sub and the cruiser:

11. Worst headline editing ever.

17. Sorry, but I just pasted the actual headline

18. Yeah. I wasn't balaming you.

7. Well, there are a whole bunch of officer careers down the drain.

8. we've got so many subs that little Montpelier, Vt gets one?

9. Keep talking trash about Vermont's sub, and they will sic Champ on your keester

15. "What's next the USS Dodge City?"

16. Snark aside, they were being named after cities in each state during the cold war.

10. One would think that a destroyer (whose job is to find submarines)

13. It's an AEGIS Criuser, not a Destroyer.

14. EPIC FAIL!