We attack Nato on tuesday with our new subs

Jimbuna · 08-29-07, 03:55 PM

The Australian Collins Class was reported to have made it through to a CVN a year or so ago in a similar exercise IIRC :hmm:

bookworm_020 · 08-29-07, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

The Australian Collins Class was reported to have made it through to a CVN a year or so ago in a similar exercise IIRC :hmm:

I think the USN is still yet to forgive the RAN for that one!

It was a reason they leased the swedish sub for a couple of years so they could get some practice tracking conventional subs.

Lafferty · 08-29-07, 09:33 PM

I think i remember that one.

bookworm_020 · 08-29-07, 10:10 PM

The sub was HMAS Waller, the carrier was USS Abraham Lincon. It happened during RIMPAC 2000. It also 'Sank' two Los Angles class subs as well!

In 2001 during Exercise Tandem Thrust she sank two USN amphibious assault ships in water that had a depth of between 75 and 100 meters!

Jimbuna · 08-30-07, 05:07 AM

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Originally Posted by bookworm_020

The sub was HMAS Waller, the carrier was USS Abraham Lincon. It happened during RIMPAC 2000. It also 'Sank' two Los Angles class subs as well!

In 2001 during Exercise Tandem Thrust she sank two USN amphibious assault ships in water that had a depth of between 75 and 100 meters!

Yep, great stuff

....but quite sad when you come to think of the present crew number problems the RAN are having in keeping them at sea

AntEater · 08-30-07, 05:57 AM

The US Navy always seems to have had a problem with any non soviet diesel build after WW2.
"Carrier sinking" stories are known from Germany (U-24), the Netherlands (Dolfijn, I think) and Norway (HNMS Ula), at least.
Apparently U-24 also "sank" a 688 during the carribean cruise in 1998.
On a german navy forum (you've got to be ex navy to post there) some sonar operator told how he tracked the 688 while a US navy officer beside him "started to sweat" as they got a firing solution on the 688 without being noticed.

Oberon · 08-30-07, 08:16 AM

Didn't a US sub manage to fire a flare onto the flight deck of a carrier once in one of these ASW exercises?

08-29-07, 03:55 PM	#1
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,645 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The Australian Collins Class was reported to have made it through to a CVN a year or so ago in a similar exercise IIRC :hmm: __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	The sub was HMAS Waller, the carrier was USS Abraham Lincon. It happened during RIMPAC 2000. It also 'Sank' two Los Angles class subs as well! In 2001 during Exercise Tandem Thrust she sank two USN amphibious assault ships in water that had a depth of between 75 and 100 meters! __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

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AntEater Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 936 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The US Navy always seems to have had a problem with any non soviet diesel build after WW2. "Carrier sinking" stories are known from Germany (U-24), the Netherlands (Dolfijn, I think) and Norway (HNMS Ula), at least. Apparently U-24 also "sank" a 688 during the carribean cruise in 1998. On a german navy forum (you've got to be ex navy to post there) some sonar operator told how he tracked the 688 while a US navy officer beside him "started to sweat" as they got a firing solution on the 688 without being noticed. __________________

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Lafferty Officer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Hot Springs Arkansas Posts: 245 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	I think i remember that one.

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Didn't a US sub manage to fire a flare onto the flight deck of a carrier once in one of these ASW exercises?