11/01/2021 EDT
The Seawolf-class attack submarine USS Connecticut has been battling bedbugs. US Navy
US Navy investigators have determined what a nuclear-powered attack submarine hit in the South China Sea last month, USNI News reported Monday, citing defense officials familiar with the investigation and a legislative official.
The Seawolf-class nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Connecticut collided with an unidentified object on October 2, the Navy said five days after the incident. Investigators have determined the submarine ran aground on an undersea mountain, the location of which was previously unknown, USNI News said. The 7th Fleet confirmed the USNI News report to Insider, with its spokesperson Cdr. Haley Sims saying: "The investigation determined USS Connecticut grounded on an uncharted seamount while operating in international waters in the Indo-Pacific region." The earlier Navy statement on the incident left a lot to the imagination. It said the submarine struck something while operating in international waters, there were no life-threatening injuries, the submarine was in stable condition, and the nuclear-propulsion systems were not damaged. |
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The sea service did not say where the incident occurred, though Navy officials speaking on the condition of anonymity told some reporters it happened in the South China Sea after the release of the statement.
As of Wednesday, the US Navy was not quite sure what the submarine hit, though defense officials told USNI News that early indications suggested that the Connecticut crashed into a seamount, an undersea mountain that rises from the ocean's depth. Those can also pose a risk to ships on the surface, depending on how close its summit is to the surface. |
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