Posted on 02/09/2021 4:48:15 AM PST by mowowie
The diesel-electric attack submarine was surfacing when it impacted the 51,000-ton commercial vessel off the Japanese coast.
A collision between a Japanese submarine and a cargo ship in the Pacific Ocean has resulted in injuries to at least three submariners, according to initial reports. The incident occurred today at 10:58 AM local time, around 25 miles southeast of Cape Ashizuri, in the waters off the island of Shikoku, which lies southwest of Japan’s main island of Honshu.
The submarine involved was the first-in-class Soryu, one of 11 of these diesel-electric attack submarines active with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). The submarine entered service in 2009 and was taking part in a routine training exercise at the time of the collision.
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I just noticed through search that this story was already posted from the Daily Mail. This one is from The war Zone.
No communications until they got into cell phone range.
that’s nice...
I hate that when it happens.
That should buff right out .... /s
That’s going to be one hell of a debrief.
you bet. On date in 2001 USS Greenville SSN 772, while surfacing off the coast of Oahu, hit the Japanese school ship Ehime Maru. The collision killed 5 crewmen and 4 students aboard the Japanese ship. The Sub’s Captain accepted full responsibility for the collision and was allowed to retire later that year.
That will just buff out..... 🤣
Look how stupid Japanese submariners are ?
“For a submarine’s crew to be provided with collision-warning, its active sonar has to be operating. While this can be activated to see if there any obstacles in the submarine’s path, in many operational scenarios the active sonar is not an option since it emits signals that other submarines and ships can detect.”
Utter BS.
This is why i posted the story in vanity for anybody interested.
I’ve only ever been on a museum sub in Charleston, SC. I’m not a submariner, but would hope for comment from those in the know. Wouldn’t it be standard protocol, before surfacing, to come up to periscope depth, sweep the horizon 360 degrees, and then surface?
Ya think?
Why?
No sonar, no safe spotting scope watch before surfacing?
The Kabuki Theatre music was so loud for the crew to hear through the hull as they got closer to contact?
Something smells of curdled soy sice cakes.
Blessings
Looks like a wrinkled tower and a broken plane. Could have been worse.
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