[mgc1122]

I can see two new openings for captains in the very near future ...

[Glenn]

Ouch.

Careers will suffer.

[edcoil]

OOOPS career ending maneuver

[mortal19440]

I think the New Orleans is the Sub.

[Tax-chick]

Ooops.

[Abathar]

Some young Commander is smiling in his coffee, looks like the promotion line will get a bump forward.

[EricT.]

When did they start putting soldiers on submarines?

[Da Coyote]

Ok, which Obamaloon cabinet member was being allowed to steer one of the vessels?

[kellynla]

Ray Charles & Stevie Wonder on watch. LMAO

[NordP]

NTSB Report: MEMO TO CAPTAINS:

NO MORE TEXTING.

/SARC

[edcoil]

USS Hartford website:

http://navysite.de/ssn/ssn768.htm

LA Class boat. Highly maneuverable and not as big as the Sturgeon class that proceeded it.

[nuconvert]

“15 soldiers aboard the Hartford”

Ya mean sailors? sheeesh

[DuncanWaring]

The article doesn’t say one way or another, but given that the max depth of the water in the shipping lanes is only about 300 ft, I would hope the sub was, at the time, on the surface.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Strait_of_hormuz_full.jpg

[KoRn]

Wow! How in the hell could that happen?

[Condor51]

The military says in a statement that the collision occurred around 1:00 a.m. local time on Friday (5 p.m. EDT, Thursday). ... The USS Hartford, a submarine, collided with an amphibious ship, the USS New Orleans.

ta-ta Skipper.
(Plus, its not exactly a good time for a career change.)

[Doohickey]

"All station, conn. Proceeding to periscope depth." ping to the Steely-Eyed Killers of the Deep

[libtoken]

From the Stupid Shall Be Punished blog, a copy of the 5th Fleet press release:

Here’s the news release from Fifth Fleet:

A U.S. Navy submarine and U.S. amphibious ship collided in the Strait of Hormuz early Friday morning, March 20, 2009.
The collision between USS Hartford (SSN 768) and USS New Orleans (LPD 18) occurred at approximately 1:00 a.m. local time (5:00 p.m. EDT, March 19).
Fifteen sailors aboard the Hartford were slightly injured and returned to duty. No personnel aboard New Orleans were injured.
Overall damage to both ships is being evaluated. The propulsion plant of the submarine was unaffected by this collision. New Orleans suffered a ruptured fuel tank, which resulted in an oil spill of approximately 25,000 gallons of diesel fuel marine. Both ships are currently operating under their own power.
The incident is currently under investigation.

[Abathar]

The news just reported about 25K gallons of fuel was spilled, so expect Iran to scream about the US causing an oil slick on their shores.

[TheZMan]

I don’t know much about our Navy, but I thought our subs operated in 100% blackout. How would the boat commander know the sub was there?

[PogySailor]

I wonder if they were in transit or doing something else.