A Norwegian fishing crew was shocked this week by the day’s massive, uncommon catch — a U.S. submarine longer than a soccer area.
The 377-foot, 7,800-ton, nuclear-powered USS Virginia was headed to port with a Norwegian Coast Guard vessel escorting. The Coast Guard crew wanted to chop the submarine free.
“I know about other vessels that have sailed over fishing nets, but no one out here have ever heard about a submarine doing so,” Engen stated.
Lt. Pierson Hawkins, a spokesperson for the US sixth Fleet, instructed Insider nobody was damage and the Navy was trying into what precisely occurred.
The precise purpose for the sub’s location was not given, however the vessels do floor to convey aboard provides and new crew members from a cooperating vessel, like one from an ally coast guard or navy.
Each the Norwegian Coast Guard and U.S. Navy indicated the fisherman could be reimbursed for the destroyed nets.
The same incident turned tragic in 1999 when a British fishing boat’s web was snared by a Royal Navy sub, sinking the boat and killing the four-person crew.
