Sub Sinks tug Boat

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?

ETR3(SS) · 05-01-10, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

Uhhhh... looks like the Tug sunk herself... what the hell was that skipper thinging turning into the screws?

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

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Originally Posted by ETR3(SS)

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

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Originally Posted by schlechter pfennig

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.

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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.

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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

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

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Originally Posted by ETR3(SS)

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!

05-01-10, 07:58 PM	#1
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.

05-01-10, 10:13 PM	#2
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Uhhhh... looks like the Tug sunk herself... what the hell was that skipper thinging turning into the screws? __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

05-01-10, 10:38 PM	#4
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	looks like our posts crossed in the mail. good explination. __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

05-02-10, 12:26 AM	#5
schlechter pfennig Commander Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 462 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 7	*I want a torpedo like this* one** http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=dedbf1321b

05-02-10, 06:01 AM	#8
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,742 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I'm amazed only two people were lost when seeing how quickly that tug sank __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-02-10, 11:20 AM	#9
krashkart Navy Seal Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 5,292 Downloads: 100 Uploads: 0	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? __________________ sent from my fingertips using a cheap keyboard