After colliding with a Russian Navy warship, the US had to remove one of its relatively new nuclear submarines, this information was given by military expert Sebastien Roblin in an article published on 19FortyFive.
With the development of technology, modern submarines have become quiet underwater combat vehicles. They are extremely difficult to detect, even with the most advanced sonar.
According to expert Sebastien Roblin, the US Navy was in an extremely awkward situation when it failed to detect Russian submarines in time.
“While trying to detect extremely quiet enemy submarines, sometimes hunters turn into rabbits.”
“A submarine conducting reconnaissance near an opponent’s home port may not detect another submarine approaching it until a collision occurs,” the author of the article in the US publication said.
According to 19FortyFive, on February 11, 1992, an incident occurred that made the US Navy remember for a long time. When the submarine USS Baton Rouge was scouting the Russian Army off the island of Kildin, 14 miles from Murmansk, ran into trouble.
According to 19FortyFive, on February 11, 1992, an incident occurred that made the US Navy remember for a long time. When the submarine USS Baton Rouge was scouting the Russian Army off the island of Kildin, 14 miles from Murmansk, ran into trouble.
Journalist Sebastien Roblin described: “At 08:16, something huge hit the 110-meter-long USS Baton Rouge, scratching the nuclear submarine’s hull and damaging the port ballast tank.” .
It turned out that the American sailors did not realize the presence of the Kostroma submarine of the Russian Navy. The ship then surfaced directly below the American submarine, leading to the conning tower crashing into the stomach of the American battleship.
Both submarines are designed to launch cruise missiles and could theoretically be armed with nuclear weapons. Therefore, a strong collision between them can potentially have extremely serious consequences.
Fortunately, nothing unfortunate happened. The ships’ crews communicated with each other and made sure no one needed help, then returned to their ports for repairs.
However, the incident had great consequences for the US side. Repairing the USS Baton Rouge was so expensive that the US Navy was then forced to decommission the 17-year-old submarine.
“And the Kostroma was repaired and returned to service in 1997. Russian sailors painted a battle mark on the conning tower to honor the ‘succession’ of defeating the submarine USS Baton Rouge,” the expert said. Americans said.
However, it is not clear whether Russia’s Kostroma nuclear submarine after completion of repair will be able to operate in a completely normal way as before the accident.
