Japanese oil tanker collides with US sub http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200701/s1824140.htm http://www.wtkr.com/Global/story.asp?S=591...mp;nav=ZolHbyvj
Something similar happened 5 years ago off Diamond Head with nine people being killed as a result. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Greeneville_(SSN-772)
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(koa @ Jan 9 2007, 12:14 PM) [snapback]373076[/snapback]</div> I remember that one, and even in the big ocean, you could see how a sub might surface into a fishing boat, especially if it's stopped or just trawling or something. But even a small tanker would probably be bigger than the sub, and you'd imagine the hydrophones or sonar or whatever would have picked it up. Anyway, just one of those news items I thought folks would find interesting.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Mystery Squid @ Jan 9 2007, 01:35 PM) [snapback]373133[/snapback]</div> ah, but who killed the Kennedys and just where IS Jimmy Hoffa? B) hmmmm, conspiracy is cons and piracy. coincidence?
If the sub was running silent, the tanker would have to be to be making noise for the sub to hear it, and it was at night. If you had the string of bad luck with your car like the Greeneville did, what would your insurance premium be?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Beryl Octet @ Jan 9 2007, 01:35 PM) [snapback]373091[/snapback]</div> Especially when you don't follow procedures and allow civilians a turn at the controls.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(JackDodge @ Jan 9 2007, 03:48 PM) [snapback]373146[/snapback]</div> Hmmm, ok, we can deep six the conspiracy theories... Perhaps it was something much more simple, like the pilot was eating a squid sandwich on a torpedo roll, and was distracted momentarily, mid-bite, when he glanced over and saw an anti-Bush commentary on the back page of the Newport News, amidst an array of cheesy car ads for Jack Dodge, lying on the floor.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(JackDodge @ Jan 9 2007, 09:24 AM) [snapback]373085[/snapback]</div> Ouch! groan! :blink:
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Mystery Squid @ Jan 9 2007, 02:15 PM) [snapback]373172[/snapback]</div> ulp, busted. I'm been hiding the fact that I own a dealership called Jack Dodge :lol:
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(JackDodge @ Jan 9 2007, 04:43 PM) [snapback]373194[/snapback]</div> Yeah, and you're trolling these boards to keep an eye out on the competition... h34r:
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Mystery Squid @ Jan 9 2007, 02:47 PM) [snapback]373202[/snapback]</div> just don't tell malorn
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(JackDodge @ Jan 9 2007, 02:48 PM) [snapback]373146[/snapback]</div> When after all it was you and me...
There could be a number of errors that would cause this. One is miscalculation by the guy with the headphones on ... they estimate the distance based on the sounds they hear. And sound travels funny under water ... a temperature difference between where the sound is coming from and where you are can change it quite a bit. The sonar guy could have thought the screw sounds he was hearing were from a bigger boat farther away, or a smaller boat behind him.
