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| Great Sage of the Sea Posts: 853 | Subject: 11-12/13 incidents Arctic 11/14/69: The New York Times (7/6/75) reports the USS Gato (SSN-615) collides with a Soviet submarine the night of the 14 or 15of November 15 to 25 miles from the entrance of the White Sea in the Barents Sea. A crew member is quoted as saying the Gato was struck in the heavy plating that serves as a protective shield around the nuclear reactor, but the ship sustained no serious damage. However the ship's weapons officer immediately ran down two decks and prepared for orders to arm a nuclear-armed SUBROC antisubmarine warfare missile and three nuclear-armed torpedoes. The accident reportedly occurred during a Holystone operation .According to former Gato crew members their commanding officer was ordered to prepare false reports showing the submarine had suffered a break down and halted its patrol two days prior to the collision. The Gato's commanding officer refused to comment when he was contacted due to security reasons. Atlantic 11/13/89: A fire on the USS Finback (SSN-670) forces the vessel to cut short sea trials and return to port in Norfolk, Virginia. There are no reported injuries and damage is minor. Atlantic 11/14/70: The USS Seawolf (SSN-575) suffers a breakdown in the engine room main drain south of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, en route to the Pacific. It surfaces dead in the water and asks for assistance.The USS Blandy (DD-943) gets underway to rendezvous and escort or tow the submarine. The next day the submarine isable to correct the problem itself and gets underway on its own power for Guantanamo. Edited by fortyrod 2017-11-13 4:33 AM | ||
