USS San Francisco (SSN 711) Runs Aground
 

Just saw this on yahoo.com news.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...marine_aground

Nuclear Submarine Runs Aground; 20 Hurt

30 minutes ago U.S. National - AP



HONOLULU - A nuclear submarine ran aground about 350 miles south of Guam, injuring around 20 sailors, one of them critically, the Navy said.



There were no reports of damage to the USS San Francisco's reactor plant, which was operating normally, the Navy said.


The 360-foot submarine was headed back to its home port in Guam, and the Friday afternoon incident was under investigation, said Jon Yoshishige, a spokesman for the Pacific Fleet based at Pearl Harbor.


He said there was no information yet on what the submarine struck.


Details on the sailors' injuries were not immediately available, but Yoshishige said an initial assessment put the number injured at around 20. The sub has a crew of 137, officials said.


Navy and Coast Guard aircraft from Guam were en route to monitor the submarine and assist if needed, the Navy said.


Guam is a U.S. territory about 3,700 miles southwest of Hawaii.

How the **** does a sub run aground?

ususally runs into a piece of land

You took the words out of my mouth. It's one thing to be in a car and fall asleep and run into something but for Christ's sake, theres hundreds of people on a sub. How many of them have to be total **** ups to run the bitch aground?

More news from Voice of America
http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-01-08-voa10.cfm

US Nuclear-Powered Submarine Runs Aground VOA News
08-January-2005 1601



An accident has occurred on one of the U.S. Navy's nuclear powered attack submarines in the Pacific Ocean. The Navy says the sub, for reasons not yet known, hit bottom in one of the deepest parts of the Pacific.


The U.S. Navy says the USS San Francisco was on its way to a port visit in Australia when the accident happened in the Pacific Ocean, about 560 kilometers south of Guam.

Petty Officer Alyssa Batarla, a spokeswoman for the Navy's Pacific Fleet in Honolulu, says the nuclear-powered submarine appeared to have hit the ocean floor in the middle of the East Marianas Basin, causing injuries to some of the 137 crew members.

"There is one critical injury and number of minor injuries," she said. "Approximately 20 personnel [were] injured to the point that they are unable to stand watch. The submarine is currently on the surface and making its best speed back toward its home port in Guam."

The Navy says the submarine's hull is intact and the vessel's nuclear reactor has not been damaged.

Military aircraft, a naval submarine tender and a Coast Guard cutter have been dispatched from Guam to escort the crippled submarine back to its home port. Officials say an attempt will be made to airlift the critically injured sailor from the submarine.

The San Francisco, commissioned in 1981, is a fast-attack submarine which is capable of launching Tomahawk cruise missiles. It is also designed to seek and destroy enemy submarines and surface ships.

The last significant accident involving a U.S. naval attack submarine took place in 2001 when the nuclear-powered USS Greeneville surfaced off Hawaii, colliding with a high school's fishing boat from Japan, killing nine Japanese.

Holy freaking cow.

I'll bet they have to issue new pants to every crew member. This is why they shouldn't go with white.

what do you expect when you get a entire crew of gay men.. they are always running objects into the dirt...

its all i got...

You could have just gone with the classic, "What's long and cylindrical and full of seamen?"

Haha! You fockers thought we forgot about Pearl Harbor, didn't ya!

Eat it, bitch.

Ask jettio.

She's a chick and served on boats...

Just out of curiosity, how'd you convince yourself that jettio was a woman?

It said it was once.

*edit. I also asked it repeatedly what boats it served on (FA or Boomers) and it put me on iggy. So, I guess we'll never know.

Bizzare. Link?

I wish. Search is disabled, I guess. It was about a year ago.

Maybe you could try. It won't converse with me.

Yeah, I remember that. You got all pissy because jettio wouldn't give out personal information.