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Post by ngatimozart on Oct 15, 2012 18:04:06 GMT 12
The USN AEGIS cruiser USS San Jacinto and the USN SSN USS Montpelier collided on 13th Oct 2012 off the east coast of the US. Apparently the sub was rising to periscope depth when it was hit by the cruiser. Now I'm not sure if the USN follows RN / RNZN practice which is in incidents such as this, the ships CO is automatically court martialled. Even so one would suspect that these two captains careers have suffered a major injury.
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Post by Ykato on Oct 16, 2012 6:54:47 GMT 12
The USN AEGIS cruiser USS San Jacinto and the USN SSN USS Montpelier collided on 13th Oct 2012 off the east coast of the US. Apparently the sub was rising to periscope depth when it was hit by the cruiser. Now I'm not sure if the USN follows RN / RNZN practice which is in incidents such as this, the ships CO is automatically court martialled. Even so one would suspect that these two captains careers have suffered a major injury. Wouldn't be the first time Anger After U.S. Sub Sinks Japanese Boat abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=94115&page=1#.UHv_6W_Mj0w
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Post by flyjoe180 on Oct 16, 2012 7:58:08 GMT 12
Given modern detection and radar systems, how is this even possible with a 'friendly'? Do ships carry a sort of TCAS system?
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Post by Ykato on Oct 16, 2012 8:07:02 GMT 12
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Post by ngatimozart on Oct 16, 2012 10:24:10 GMT 12
That was 2006, six years ago so two very big "Please Explains" ;D
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 16, 2012 11:19:14 GMT 12
Joe, the big thing with submaines is that they need to be undetectable, so it's going to be easy enough for a destroyer to miss seeing it on their detection gear - it was an exercise to find the sub so why would the sub make its presence known?
Also it's a bit of a non news story. Nothing bad actually happened.
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Post by mumbles on Oct 17, 2012 13:52:30 GMT 12
Also it's a bit of a non news story. Nothing bad actually happened. Apart from the damage to both vessels, and a few careers no doubt. Curious as to how the submarine let the cruiser sneak up on it like that, but this isn't the first time a surfacing submarine has had a collision like this in recent times. I wonder if there are any common factors?
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Post by ngatimozart on Oct 30, 2012 19:19:37 GMT 12
From what I understand the AIS is sometimes only turned on when it is within range of shore stations. On the high seas apparently it's not always transmitting.
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