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| Great Sage of the Sea Posts: 853 | Subject: 10-31 Incidents Atlantic 10/31/54: The USS Norris (DDE-859) rams the superstructure of the USS Bergall (SS- 320) during war games off Norfolk, Virginia. The Norris suffers flooding in five of its compartments and the Bergall suffers damage to its superstructure. Both proceed to port for repairs. Atlantic 10/31/83: The USS McCloy (FF-1038) is towing a sonar array west of Bermuda when suddenly the cable goes slack. The next day a Soviet Victor III class nuclear-powered attack submarine is sighted motionless on the surface 282 miles west of Bermuda and 470 miles east of Charleston, South Carolina, by a U.S. P-3 Orion patrol aircraft. U.S. Navy officials believe that while the submarine was following the McCloy, the sonar array caught in the submarine's propeller. There is no indication of leaking radiation, according to a Navy spokesman.On 5 November the submarine is taken under tow by a Soviet salvage ship in the direction of the Cuban port of Cienfuegos. Further observation while the submarine is undertow leads the Navy to believe the damage is relatively minor and relates to the submarine's propeller. Atlantic 10/31/86: In late October the USS Augusta (SSN-710) is damaged in an undersea collision while on a routine training patrol in the Atlantic. No crew members are injured and the submarine returns to Groton, Connecticut, for $2.7 million worth of repairs by year's end. Reportedly, according to unnamed U.S. Defense Department sources, it is unclear whether the submarine struck the ocean floor or an underwater object, but there was no risk of the submarine sinking or danger to the nuclear reactor. A Defense Department spokesman refuses to comment on a CBS news report that the submarine 'very possibly' collided with a Soviet submarine. | ||
