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KING111
05-01-10, 02:54 PM
USS GEORGIA sinks tug boat i dont know what year it was :hmmm:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3f2_1272576998
Keelbuster
05-01-10, 03:15 PM
That was cool - thx.
Highbury
05-01-10, 03:18 PM
USS GEORGIA sinks tug boat i dont know what year it was :hmmm:

LOL, first sentence of the link "March 22, 1986 off Midway Island, Pacific" :salute:

Thanks for the vid!
Kromus
05-01-10, 03:54 PM
Niceone :up:

I like this:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3e599_4607
Takeda Shingen
05-01-10, 03:58 PM
Moved to appropriate forum.

The Management
GoldenRivet
05-01-10, 07:42 PM
wow.

stressful situation with a lot of potential to go worse than it did.

Glad they were both US Flagged vessels though... international incident anyone?
ETR3(SS)
05-01-10, 07:58 PM
There was nothing anyone could have done. The tugs diesels cut out and they didn't get them restarted in time. As a result the tug got caught on the starboard horizontal stabilizer and it tore a hole in the bottom of it. Like GR said it could have gone worse, only two drowned as a result. If I remember correctly I first learned of this incident in Sub School in Groton.
SteamWake
05-01-10, 10:13 PM
Uhhhh... looks like the Tug sunk herself... what the hell was that skipper thinging turning into the screws? :oops:
ETR3(SS)
05-01-10, 10:33 PM
Uhhhh... looks like the Tug sunk herself... what the hell was that skipper thinging turning into the screws? :oops::damn: See my reply above.
SteamWake
05-01-10, 10:38 PM
looks like our posts crossed in the mail.

good explination.
schlechter pfennig
05-02-10, 12:26 AM
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=dedbf1321b
schlechter pfennig
05-02-10, 12:43 AM
There was nothing anyone could have done. The tugs diesels cut out and they didn't get them restarted in time. As a result the tug got caught on the starboard horizontal stabilizer and it tore a hole in the bottom of it. Like GR said it could have gone worse, only two drowned as a result. If I remember correctly I first learned of this incident in Sub School in Groton.

You say there wasn't anything that could have been done. Why didn't they go to back emergency on the starboard screw? That may have helped produce enough of a wash that it'd lifted the tug up and over.

More importantly, why the heck did they do a personnel transfer without being at dead stop?
ETR3(SS)
05-02-10, 01:05 AM
You say there wasn't anything that could have been done. Why didn't they go to back emergency on the starboard screw?US subs are single shaft.

That may have helped produce enough of a wash that it'd lifted the tug up and over.The tug sank as a result of a very large hole being torn in its bottom. Look at how fast it sank in the video. There's no way you can lift a tug high enough to clear the stabilizers.

More importantly, why the heck did they do a personnel transfer without being at dead stop?Security reasons. There's 24 nuclear missiles onboard. Even surface ships don't stop in the middle of the ocean when they're performing an UNREP.
Jimbuna
05-02-10, 06:01 AM
I'm amazed only two people were lost when seeing how quickly that tug sank :o
krashkart
05-02-10, 11:20 AM
The tugboat went down super quick. Jeez Louise! That's quite the heart stopper, as internet video clips go. Did I see a guy fall into the submarine's wake and disappear just fore of the plane, or were my eyes playing a trick on me?
schlechter pfennig
05-02-10, 11:57 AM
US subs are single shaft.

The tug sank as a result of a very large hole being torn in its bottom. Look at how fast it sank in the video. There's no way you can lift a tug high enough to clear the stabilizers.

Security reasons. There's 24 nuclear missiles onboard. Even surface ships don't stop in the middle of the ocean when they're performing an UNREP.

Answered my questions, yep yep! Thanks!