A cursory Google Search, and a check of the Fifth Fleets Bahrain Web Site makes it abundantly clear that the Navy and its Nuclear Submarine people are DESPARATELY trying to keep the world from knowing just how much damage was done to the USS New Orleans and the Submarine, the USS Hartford. Two pictures (supposedly the USS New Orleans) are very obvious PROPAGANDA PIECES meant to present a BUSINESS AS USUAL, nothing is wrong appearance to the citizens of America. Oddly, the Fifth Fleet released NO PICTURES of the USS Hartford Fast Attack Nuclear Sub docking, or coming into port. It is this author's belief that the submarine's mast has suffered SIGNIFICANT damage. In other news...the old no harm no foul, we saw no DIESEL FUEL excuse has also been trotted out...that's right Commander Propaganda, 25,000 gallons of diesel just VANISHED! Where does a citizen file a complaint at? Do not believe that NUCLEAR REACTOR was not damaged until Congress conducts a FULL AND COMPLETE INDEPENDENT investigation...if the USS Hartford was NOT SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED, where are the photographs?
Well Well Well...HIDDEN on a MARINE website, a picture of the DAMAGE, or at least a TARP (as in Wall Street) covering the NAVAL NUCLEAR MISTAKE!
Hartford suffered “visible” damage to the sail and to a bow plane. Campbell could not say if components of the sail such as masts and periscopes are damaged.
“It’s important to point out that Hartford’s [nuclear] power plant was not affected in this at all,” she said. “We’ll be doing a full incident investigation report as well as a [Judge Advocate General’s Manual] investigation.” No DAMAGE, LET IAEA do independent verification. How about Union of Concerned Scientist? Mother's For Peace? By the way, isn't this the THIRD SUCH COLLISION RECENTLY? Yet no ADMIRALS have tenured their resignations out of SHAME?
This is third recent collision involving a U.S. submarine in the Strait of Hormuz or the Persian Gulf.
March 21, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Release #049-09
USS Hartford and USS New Orleans Arrive In Port Bahrain
MANAMA, Bahrain – The U.S. Navy submarine and U.S. amphibious ship that collided in the Strait of Hormuz March 20, arrived in port Bahrain today.
USS Hartford (SSN 768) and USS New Orleans (LPD 18) arrived at Mina Salman pier to further assess and evaluate the damage that resulted from their collision at sea.
The incident remains under investigation.
Overall damage to both ships is being evaluated. The propulsion plant of the submarine was unaffected by this collision. New Orleans suffered a ruptured fuel tank, which resulted in a fuel spill of approximately 25,000 gallons of diesel fuel marine in the Strait of Hormuz.
Aerial searches of the area where the fuel spill occurred were conducted yesterday, and revealed no indication of any remaining fuel on the ocean’s surface.
The U.S. 5th Fleet has been working in coordination with the Navy Oceanographic Office to determine refined search areas, based on currents and winds. Additional searches were flown by U.S. Navy aircraft today and found no remaining fuel on the surface.
The quick dissipation of the fuel is likely due to the type of fuel, and various environmental factors to include air and water temperatures, winds and seas.
Both Hartford and New Orleans are currently on regularly scheduled deployments to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations conducting Maritime Security Operations (MSO).
MSO set the conditions for security and stability in the maritime environment as well as complement the counter-terrorism and security efforts of regional nations. MSO deny international terrorists use of the maritime environment as a venue for attack or to transport personnel, weapons, or other material.
USS New Orleans Arrives in Bahrain
USS New Orleans Arrives in Bahrain 090321-N-8053S-130 BAHRAIN (March 21, 2009) USS New Orleans (LPD 18) pulls into Mina Salman pier in Bahrain to asses and evaluate damage that resulted from a collision with the submarine, USS Hartford (SSN 768) in the Strait of Hormuz. No personnel aboard New Orleans were injured in the incident. Overall damage to both ships is being evaluated. New Orleans is deployed to the U.S. 5th fleet area of operations to support Maritime Security Operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David K. Simmons / Released)
090321-N-8053S-165 BAHRAIN (March 21, 2009) USS New Orleans (LPD 18) lowers the ships’ brow after mooring pierside in Bahrain where U.S. Navy engineers and inspection teams will asses and evaluate damage that resulted from a collision with the amphibious ship, USS Hartford (SSN 768) in the Strait of Hormuz. No personnel aboard New Orleans were injured in the incident. Overall damage to both ships is being evaluated. New Orleans is deployed to the U.S. 5th fleet area of operations to support Maritime Security Operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David K. Simmons / Released)
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Looking at the close up picture of the Submarine, coupling that with the lack of a picture of damage to the ship, and factoring in the missing 25,000 gallons of fuel, was there a fire/explosion we are not being told about?
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