[ RadSafe ] nuclear-powered submarine has collided with a Japanesetanker

[stewart farber]

Hello colleagues,

Regarding the post by Fred Dawson about a US sub hitting an oil tanker. It is difficult to understand how a nuclear sub, with all its navigation equipment and sensors to detect anything near it [supposedly] can run up and hit an oil tanker. A tanker is a fairly large object on the surface that is not running along in a stealth mode like an enemy attack sub --- isn't it? An unfortunate embarassment for the US Navy.

Some will certainly paint this story as a new nuclear attack of sorts on the Japanese. 

"Run Silent, Run Deep" is supposed to be what subs "aim" for. Theoretically, this could have been quite the disaster. 

If the sub and oil tanker really got damaged in a situation like this, there might have been a large radioactive oil spill in the Gulf's Straits of Hormuz. :-) Talk about a disaster movie plot. What a cleanup problem. Coming soon to a theatre near you.

Stewart Farber, MS Public Health
Farber Medical Solutions, LLC
Broker for Linac & Medical Imaging Equipment
[203] 441-8433 [office]
email: radproject at sbcglobal.net


          
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dawson, Fred Mr" <Fred.Dawson199 at mod.uk>
To: <radsafe at radlab.nl>; <srp-uk at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 2:28 AM
Subject: [ RadSafe ] nuclear-powered submarine has collided with a Japanesetanker


BBC reports US sub collides with Japan ship 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6243395.stm

A US nuclear-powered submarine has collided with a Japanese tanker near
the Straits of Hormuz, Japanese and US government officials have said.
The USS Newport News did not suffer substantial damage, and there were
no injuries to crew, a US Navy spokeswoman told the AFP news agency. 

There were no oil spills from Japanese tanker, the Mogamigawa, and no
injuries, a company official said. The tanker will dock in the United
Arab Emirates to check the damage. The bow of the submarine collided
with the stern of the oil tanker at 1915GMT just outside the busy
shipping lanes of the Straits of Hormuz. 

US Navy spokesman in Bahrain said that there had been a collision. 

"I can confirm that an incident took place between one of our submarines
and a merchant ship," said Commander Kevin Aandahl of the US Fifth
Fleet. 

The 110-metre (360-foot) USS Newport News carries a crew of 127. 



Fred Dawson
Fwp-dawson at hotmail.com


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