[Newsbot]

Title: HMS submarine commander reprimanded after grounding
Category: Military
Posted By: Hyack
Date: 2010-03-15 22:15:34

[ShepherdsDog]

$1:

Cpt Crozier said: "The submarine collided with the underwater obstacle reducing its speed from 16 knots to three knots in a very short time.

We had something similar happen on the Yukon in '85(if memory serves me right). The OTW ran us over a ridge and pretty well ripped off our sonar dome. Good thing there were no ping bosns in there.

[GreenTiger]

In any navy in th eworld if a sub run agound and the sub can't free itself itself "quitely" all the officers and senior enlisted are screwed by their navy.

[BartSimpson]

Man, you screw up with a billion dollar sub just once and no one ever forgets it.

[GreenTiger]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

Man, you screw up with a billion dollar sub just once and no one ever forgets it.

A friend of mine was a US Navy Dentist. He knew of a career XO of a sub that grounded and the crew spent 4 days trying to free itself before asking the navy for help.

All the Officers put in to separate from the navy as they knew their careers were over, The senior NCO on duty got formal reprimands.

Your right the Navy gets upset when you screw with there billion dollar toys.