The collision I was thinking of was in the Pacific in the late 90s but I can’t remember the boat name. The San Juan has always been on the East Coast so I did get that mixed up. It’s bugging me now since a class mate from weld school had just gotten there when the collision occured. I’m getting old.
Hmm. In the late 90s? I don't recall any major collisions. What you described sounds exactly like what happened to my boat in 2005: All ahead full into a sea mound in the Pacific, about 350 miles from Guam.
I looked up the San Juan, and in 1998 it collided with a boomer in the Long Island sound. That I do remember, as I was on the San Fran at the time and it was a hot topic. Didn't remember the boats involved, but I did remember it happening. It was a minor collision. No one was hurt, and both ships returned to port under their own power.
Could you be blending the two incidents?