USS Connecticut: Navy investigation finds US nuclear-powered submarine hit uncharted underwater mountain
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on November 2, 2021
The USS Connecticut had been operating in the contested waterway when it struck the object on October 2, but it was unclear at the time what it had hit.
"The investigation determined USS CONNECTICUT grounded on an uncharted seamount while operating in international waters in the Indo-Pacific region," a 7th Fleet spokesperson told CNN in a statement. US 7th Fleet operates in the Western Pacific and Indian oceans.
Though the Seawolf-class submarine . . .