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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.

05-01-10, 07:58 PM	#7
ETR3(SS) Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Between test depth and periscope depth Posts: 3,021 Downloads: 175 Uploads: 16	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. __________________ USS Kentucky SSBN 737 (G) Comms Div 2003-2006 Qualified 19 November 03 Yes I was really on a submarine. Last edited by ETR3(SS); 05-01-10 at 10:36 PM.