Did you hear about this? It seems that a Norwegian fishing vessel accidentally fouled the screws of a US Submarine. Yeah, really.
Harald Engen was delivering halibut to a village on Norway’s west coast when he got a message that a U.S. submarine had gotten entangled in his 32-foot boat’s trawl nets while sailing near the surface and were dragging them out to sea, broadcaster NRK News reported.
Dude!
The 377-foot, 7,800-ton, nuclear-powered USS Virginia was headed to port with a Norwegian Coast Guard vessel escorting. The Coast Guard crew needed to cut the submarine free.
Yeah, I don't know what to do with that information.
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Sounds like clickbait: Net Nabs Nuke! You won't believe what happens next!
I wanna see the entry in the boat's log and the CO's service jacket.
That's not the first time it's happened, or the only danger to subs running shallow.
Some have gotten caught on tow ropes between tugs and barges or have hit ships.
Jonathan
That does happen on occasion... NOT the norm...
it is not as unusual as you think. The Trident boats out of Bangor Washington fouled nets often. Mike
Yup, and they're photographed going under the Hood Canal Bridge with nets draped around their tower. They deny everything. Friends of mine have had to cut the cables on their nets to avoid being sunk.
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