Flashback to October 2, 2021, when the world was shocked by the news of a mysterious collision that befell the US Navy's nuclear submarine, USS Connecticut (SSN-22) – Seawolf Class with a foreign object in the South China Sea.
Although it was later released that the foreign object in question is an underwater mountain (which has not been mapped), but there are still many questions, why an aircraft carrier as sophisticated as the USS Connecticut could experience this, isn't the submarine already equipped with sonar sensors that can prevent collisions?
Quoted from Topwar.ru (05/25/2022), apparently from the results of an internal investigation carried out by the US Navy, it was found that there was an element of the inability of the commander and related officers to make decisions.
From the investigation, the navigation inspection team found allegations that the submarine commander could not find and record at least 10 underwater risks that were near the scene. To be precise, the submarine commander and the executing officer had mistakenly decided that the submarine would operate in an open area.
Rear Admiral Christopher Cavanaugh, who led the investigation, wrote that running aground at such speed and depth could lead to more serious consequences, including loss of life and loss of a submarine. In the aftermath of the incident, in November 2021, the US Navy removed the submarine commander and a number of senior USS Connecticut officers from their posts.
And apparently it has just been revealed from the results of the investigation, that six months before the collision incident in the South China Sea, the USS Connecticut in April 2021 also had a collision at the Naval Base dock in San Diego, California.
Deteriorating standards in navigation and planning have also contributed to previous crashes. It is time for the US Navy command to draw serious conclusions about the quality of personnel training, including in senior officers holding command positions, senior assistant commanders, and commanders of nuclear submarine units.
In the aftermath of the collision with the seamount, 11 crew members were injured, the most physically severe being a broken shoulder blade suffered by a sailor, more than a third of the personnel went to receive psychological assistance after the submarine arrived at the Base in Guam.
So far, the nuclear reactor on the USS Connecticut is reported to be in a safe condition and no radiation leaks have been found. The USS Connecticut is currently under repair under the supervision of the Naval Sea Systems Command.
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