[miele man]

I thought the same as you re: hit at an angle. This makes me wonder if it really hit a geologic formation of some type. It suggests the possibility of another sub. I doubt we'll ever know. If she hit an undersea mountain, then I think she hit at 55-70 degree angle. How?

[SlowBoat407]

Just a wild guess, but in order for that damage to occur on a seamount, short of hitting an overhanging ledge, I'm guessing she hit on the port side and rolled into and scraped along the side of the formation, causing the damage above and along the port side.

[Robert A Cook PE]

No, No. It ran into a near-vertical "cliff" from an angle to the left side: not perpendicular into the cliff.

That's no "other boat" damage - Look at the rocks embedded in the bottom and front.

I understand the bottom depth rose from more than 6000 feet to 500 feet in less than 3 minutes travel time of the sub.

[Paul_Denton]

I thought the same as you re: hit at an angle. This makes me wonder if it really hit a geologic formation of some type. It suggests the possibility of another sub. I doubt we'll ever know. If she hit an undersea mountain, then I think she hit at 55-70 degree angle. How?

Well US subs NEVER use active sonar unless they are spotted by the enemy. So there is no way they could have "seen" the seamount.

[JasonC]

"Right full rudder"