It was running with active sonar OFF to remain undetected (Reply #15)

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Thu Oct 7, 2021, 07:26 PM

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15. It was running with active sonar OFF to remain undetected

relying on charts to highlight seamounts while running slow and quiet.

Not all oceans are charted fully, and this is likely another bathymetry failure we have missed much like the USS San Francisco (SSN-711) collision in 2005.

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36 replies	Author	Time	Post
This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]	left-of-center2012	Oct 2021	OP
Wow	jpak	Oct 2021	#1
Those and the Virginia class SSN's.	MarineCombatEngineer	Oct 2021	#3
I'm speculating that something hit it	jpak	Oct 2021	#4
That is a very distinct possibility,	MarineCombatEngineer	Oct 2021	#5
Crazy Ivan....	paleotn	Oct 2021	#10
I think that's very unlikely. The sub's sonar would have detected anything that large.	Martin68	Oct 2021	#26
I'm Guessing They Were Running Silent/Passive...	ruet	Oct 2021	#30
Thus, unlikely to be an enemy vessel. Large marine life or semi-submerged flotsam might be more	Martin68	Oct 2021	#34
This message was self-deleted by its author	left-of-center2012	Oct 2021	#2
Isn't it more to demonstrate their right to be there in...	brush	Oct 2021	#6
This!	COL Mustard	Oct 2021	#7
This had nothing to do with "demonstrating military prowess." What gave anyone that idea?	Martin68	Oct 2021	#35
There is a boat that will definitely...	S/V Loner	Oct 2021	#8
This message was self-deleted by its author	left-of-center2012	Oct 2021	#9
You're both right.	Lasher	Oct 2021	#12
Tradition on subs is to refer to them as a boat.	NutmegYankee	Oct 2021	#13
I deal with submariners every week and...	S/V Loner	Oct 2021	#16
I'm ex Navy and rode a Destroyer, submariners call their vessels, "Boats".	denbot	Oct 2021	#25
Nice story. Just the other day...	S/V Loner	Oct 2021	#27
On another note...	S/V Loner	Oct 2021	#28
60-70' seas, Caribbean Hurricane.	denbot	Oct 2021	#32
Maybe, but only...	getagrip_already	Oct 2021	#17
Reminds me of the heady days of the Cold War....	paleotn	Oct 2021	#11
It was a great way to get steel samples...	NutmegYankee	Oct 2021	#14
What does that mean? Why would they want steel samples, please (or was it a joke?)	NullTuples	Oct 2021	#20
Sometimes a chunk of the other submarines steel would be embedded in our sub after a collision.	NutmegYankee	Oct 2021	#21
Thank you!	NullTuples	Oct 2021	#31
This message was self-deleted by its author	Anon-C	Oct 2021	#23
It was running with active sonar OFF to remain undetected	Submariner	Oct 2021	#15
An "object"? Godzilla rising!	Shanti Shanti Shanti	Oct 2021	#18
oh, to be that Captain, his career is over	Shellback Squid	Oct 2021	#19
Out of 59 Subs....	Historic NY	Oct 2021	#22
The most expensive US sub ever, and only three Seawolf was build ...	TomWilm	Oct 2021	#24
This message was self-deleted by its author	ExTex	Oct 2021	#29
I got it. USO. Unidentified Submerged Object, it was aliens, I knew it!	Shanti Shanti Shanti	Oct 2021	#33
secureteam10 is saying exactly that	Polybius	Oct 2021	#36

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