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| Great Sage of the Sea Posts: 853 | Subject: 8-27/28 history 8-27-1944 USS Stingray (SS 186) lands men and supplies on Luzon, Philippines, to support guerrilla operations against the Japanese 8-27-1959 Off Cape Canaveral, Fla., USS Observation Island (EAG 154) makes first shipboard launching of a Polaris missile. Pacific 08/27/63: The USS Grayback (SSG-574) suffers a serious fire in the after crew's berthing as a result of a casualty to the main propulsion circuit breaker while operating in the northern Pacific, killing one man and injuring five. Atlantic 08/27/81: The USS Dallas (SSN-700) damages the lower portion of its rudder when it runs aground while approaching the Atlantic Underwater Test and Evaluation Center site at Andros Island, Bahamas. The submarine works itself free after several hours and returns to New London, Connecticut, on the surface for repairs. Atlantic 08/28/76: A Soviet Echo II class nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine strikes the USS Voge (FF-1047) with its sail on the port quarter below the helicopter hangar, about 150 miles southwest of Souda Bay, Crete. The submarine departs the area under its own power to the Kithera Anchorage off Greece escorted by Soviet ships. The Voge suffers split bulkheads, buckled plating,and a damaged propeller and is towed to Souda Bay by the Moinster (FF1097) and Preserver (ARS-8). The submarine damages its sail. In September the Voge is towed to Toulon,France. On 7 September the U.S. State Department announces that the U.S. and Soviet Union had exchanged notes, each blaming the other for the collision. These history posts are drawing to a close. Here is a interesting summary of soviet submarine incidents http://www.skeptictank.org/treasure/GP5/SOVNUK.TXT | ||
