USS Connecticut South China Sea Collision

October 2nd, USS Connecticut ran aground in the South China. Here is what we know so far.
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[SubBrief]

My most anticipated YT video ever. Enjoy. (lots more unreleased video at patreon.com/subbrief )

[Puchacz]

2:50 "I did not have colision with that submarine"

[hoilst]

"Captain Bill Clinton- that's what he's doing now?" Actually got a LOL out of me.

[USMCArchAngel]

Appreciate what you're doing here Chief. This old Marine is really enjoying your content. I'm 100% rooting for you and your channel.

[ColdWarVet]

I was on USS Dace SSN607, on Sep 24, 1979, my birthday, we hit a large oil tanker while coming to periscope depth in the Straights of Gibraltar. We were leaving the Med after having the most successful spy/intel gathering bonanza on Russian surface ships and subs in a very long time. OOP's! Due to thermals the sonar did not see the massive freaking hunk of metal untill we were less than 10 seconds from it at a 1/3 bell. I was on the Throttles for the Maneuvering watch and it was like any other time. All of a sudden we hear on the 1MC "Con Sonar we have a close contact", no big deal we hear that all the time and fully expected it coming up in the sea lanes in/out of the Med. What wasn't normal was the EOT went from 1/3 to Flank a second after the Con Sonar message, now that was not normal. Just as I answered the bell and opened the throttles, we heard a massive water hammer of all the tanks being flooded at once, there was no doubt in our minds we were doing an emergency dive. Well another 2 seconds following Flank and flooded tanks we collided and I had throttle wheels rammed in my chest a face full of the SPCP. as did the RO and the EO on their panels, the EOW smashed into the RO. The whole freaking boat turned 30+ degree to the left then flew back to the right about the same way. We tilted so much I was more scared of the pressurizer bubble getting into the primary system then I was worried about being cut in half. My nose and mouth was already filled with blood and I had caught my foot under the foot rest bar under the panels and the next jolt did a massive twist and jerk of my lower leg from the knee, 18 months later I found I had ripped a couple of ligaments. In what was another fraction of a second a back emergency bell was rung up because we were headed to the bottom heavy and fast, seconds after that a 2/3 then back to 1/3. There were so many bells in such a short time I was whipping the throttle back and forth like a madman. Finally we stabilized and surfaced. Long story short we went to Rota Spain and when I finally got top side, there was a huge gash on the starboard side somewhere near the dive planes tower, about fwd of the galley on our Thresher class boat. The starboard dive plane looked like Godzilla got a mouth full and just twisted the hell out of it. Turns out he turned us sideways and caught our plane and we acted like the USS Can Opener and ripped a long long opening in their hull. One of the scariest parts I left out was hearing the water tight doors between engineering an machinery space get slammed shut, being in maneuvering we could see if there was flooding in the engine room. Bam, Bam Bam, that ship ran over us for what seemed like an eternity banging us against its hull as it did till we broke free.

Even at a 1/3 bell you get launched hard enough to do serious damage to your face, arms and what not, you dont have to go fast, if you dont believe it just trot up to a brick wall face first and see what happens. I still sit and wonder to this day, what kind of events in my life had to line up to put me in a nuclear submarine, on throttles watch during a collision at sea, on my birthday!!!! Seems not to many people can ever expect a birthday like that.

[mrkeiths]

I really appreciate your narrative, as you were a sonarman on an operational submarine. As a nuke EM on a fast attack back in the eighties, I recall going back aft to do my job, without thinking about an occurrence such as this one. My world view changed thirteen years after I left my boat when the Kursk went down. I actually had to sit down when I thought about what crew members on that boat went through. Every one of us is highly trained, but in the worst of situations, life can hang by a thread. Best wishes for my shipmates on the Connecticut and all submarine sailors.

[cascadianrangers]

Im a Marine infantry combat veteran of two foreign wars. My military experience and training are so radically different from yours, so I am always happy to hear another veteran talk about their specialty; thanks so much for sharing your skills and knowledge, I'm very impressed and wish I knew as much about submarines!

[Halinspark]

We can also rule out a Godzilla encounter, as the sub did not get ripped to pieces and have it's powerplant eaten.

[richarddobreny]

one of the Navy’s most advanced subs just collided with “something “. sounds like a game of cat and mouse was going on!

[harveywallbanger]

Dear Sirs, please don't break the Seawolfs, they're the nicest subs anywhere and Congress isn't letting us build any more. If you feel a strong need to break a boat by running it into something underwater, please be like the USS San Francisco and use a 688 class, as those are much cheaper. Thank you. Sincerely, the Taxpayers.

[sergeant_salty]

i laughed a little too hard at the "you got no job, you got no sonar" line in the intro🤣 new to the channel. always thankful when vets make videos on this stuff👍🏻 sometimes it's priceless info for civis like me. bless ya🇺🇲

[TheGiggityG]

"Bill Clinton.... that's what he's doin now..." strait face didn't miss a beat. Epic.

[johnspiecha]

The real question is would China admit if they had lost a submarine in a collision or sinking by a US submarine ?!

[VosperCDN]

I've heard that one method to avoiding undersea mountains is to stick Leroy in the torpedo tube, open the outer door and have him tap on the tube walls if he spots something.

[BEder-itlf]

Now you walk around in the dark yelling "Bing, Bing, Bing."
"Conn, Sonar, why won't you respond?"
😄

[FoxtrotYouniform]

I love that we all just chilling here with Aaron while he annoys the fbi

[Brewed-miue]

Hard to fathom (pun intended), a vessel that costs enough to fund a small country runs blindly into underwater obstacles. This country is slipping fast... into the abyss.

[mikejames]

You left out a semi-submerged object, such as a shipping container. They fall overboard, and slowly sink as the air trapped inside escapes over time. There are numerous ships and subs that have hit just such a container, and that area is one of the world's busiest areas for merchant shipping, much of which is container ships.

[Rawdiswar]

Would submarine power systems have any carry over to Small Modular Reactors?

[dmacpher]

Never try and give a Jin class a prostate exam