SSN nearly rammed freighter

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Originally Posted by Oberon

The captain could have been trying to mask his sonar signature too by hiding by the freighter. It's nothing new, it's been happening since...well...since there were submarines.

I thought this aswell until I read this little line "The USS Kentucky is also equipped to handle ballistic missiles." USS Kentucky (SSBN-737) is an Ohio class boomer. Very pricy boat to lose both financially and politically.

I don't know what Navy policy is but risk sounds a bit high for a type of vessel. Imagine which kind of mess it would cause if nuclear submarine carrying nuclear submarine would sink just off the U.S. west coast. Sounds like a little bit too high risk for me.