![]() ![]() It was travelling 50 metres (160 ft) below the surface at more than 14 knots (26 km/h) when Lieutenant-Commander Tim Green, a student in the Submarine Command Course, ordered a course change that took her onto the rocks at Fladda-chùain, a small but well-charted islet.Ī report issued in May 2008 stated that tracing paper (used to protect navigational charts) had obscured vital data during a training exercise. In November 2002, the Royal Navy's Trafalgar-class submarine, HMS Trafalgar, ran aground close to Skye, causing £5 million worth of damage to her hull and injuring three sailors. One other officer and two enlisted crew members were also disciplined for dereliction of duty. Her commanding officer, Commander Richard Voter, was relieved of his command on 30 November. ![]() No one on either vessel was hurt, and there were no leaks from fuel tanks and no threat to the environment, but the submarine sustained damage to her periscope and sail area, and put into La Maddalena, Sardinia, for repairs. On 13 November 2002, USS Oklahoma City collided with the Leif Hoegh liquefied natural gas tanker Norman Lady, east of the Strait of Gibraltar. Although severely damaged, the boat was towed back to San Diego for overhaul. The ship was abandoned by the crew and Navy civilian personnel, who were rescued by nearby naval vessels. Navy research submarine USS Dolphin experienced severe flooding and fires off the coast of San Diego, California. Coast Guard directly responded, survivors resorted to automatically deployed life rafts from Ehime Maru.Ģ002 USS Dolphin major flooding and fire These were cited as reasons for the submarine captain's choosing to stand off and remain close by. Weather conditions were producing 8-to-12-foot (2.4 to 3.7 m) waves and the submarine's partially surfaced condition prevented the opening of deck hatches. The Navy and the command of Greeneville have been criticized for making no immediate attempt to help the Japanese on Ehime Maru that survived the initial collision. The collision occurred while members of the public were on board the submarine observing an emergency surface drill.Ī naval inquiry found that the accident was the result of poorly executed sonar sweeps, an ineffective periscope search by the submarine's captain, Commander Scott Waddle, bad communication among the crew and distractions caused by the presence of the 16 civilian guests aboard the submarine. On 9 February 2001, the American submarine USS Greeneville accidentally struck and sank a Japanese high-school fisheries training ship, Ehime-Maru, killing nine of the thirty-five people aboard, including four students, 10 miles (16 km) off the coast of Oahu. Main article: Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision Greeneville in drydock at Pearl Harbor on 21 February 2001 after hitting and sinking Ehime Maru. ![]()
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