2/28/2005: The injured USS San Francisco

tw · 05-18-2005, 12:32 PM

Apparently damage to the USS San Francisco was more dangerous than was originally reported. Forward ballast tank was compromised. The boat remained stuck on the bottom, stern up, for some minutes before it finally and slowly floated to the surface. From the NY Times of 18 May 2005:
Adrift 500 Feet Under the Sea, a Minute Was an Eternity

Attached to the article is an interactive graphic entitled "Fighting to Save a Fallen Sailor". Notice the location of all forward ballast tanks.

Also confirmed by the article are that maps did not show the obstruction. Submarines move blind. They are dependant on maps that really only report 10% of the ocean.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-18-2005, 04:30 PM

Good find

I can't imagine what it was like down there, waiting and waiting, for the ship to rise. And when it did still not knowing if they would make it.

tw · 05-18-2005, 05:18 PM

Article notes that the Captain threw his command star into the grave of the sailor. A poetic expression that does say much about how the Navy works.

05-18-2005, 04:30 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Good find I can't imagine what it was like down there, waiting and waiting, for the ship to rise. And when it did still not knowing if they would make it. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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05-18-2005, 12:32 PM	#1
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	Apparently damage to the USS San Francisco was more dangerous than was originally reported. Forward ballast tank was compromised. The boat remained stuck on the bottom, stern up, for some minutes before it finally and slowly floated to the surface. From the NY Times of 18 May 2005: Adrift 500 Feet Under the Sea, a Minute Was an Eternity Attached to the article is an interactive graphic entitled "Fighting to Save a Fallen Sailor". Notice the location of all forward ballast tanks. Also confirmed by the article are that maps did not show the obstruction. Submarines move blind. They are dependant on maps that really only report 10% of the ocean.

05-18-2005, 05:18 PM	#3
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	Article notes that the Captain threw his command star into the grave of the sailor. A poetic expression that does say much about how the Navy works.

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