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In 2005, submarine the USS San Francisco struck a seamount near Guam at full speed, killing one sailor and injuring 24 others.Ĭhina claims almost all of the resource-rich South China Sea, through which trillions of dollars in shipping trade passes annually, with competing claims from four south-east Asian states as well as Taiwan.īeijing has been accused of deploying a range of military hardware there, including anti-ship and surface-to-air missiles, and ignored a 2016 international tribunal decision that declared its historical claim over most of the waters to be without basis.
The 107-metre (353ft) multi-billion-dollar USS Connecticut was commissioned in the cold war era and is one of three Sea Wolf-class boats. One official said it could have been a sunken vessel, a sunken container or other uncharted object. Navy submarine classes and current submarine programs click on the links below. The officials said it was not yet clear what object the sub had struck but that it was not another submarine. Nuclear powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) are the most survivable component of the United States’ nuclear triad by virtue of superior stealth and mobility in the vastness and depths of the world’s oceans. Navy officials told the Washington Post it is not believed that China caused the collision and that the vessel was monitored by other US vessels in the region as it moved to Guam. They said the incident was not announced before Thursday in order to maintain operational security. The officials said the sub then headed toward port at Guam.
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