USS Hartford Nuclear Sub No Longer Seaworthy? Some Seem To Think So...

If you really start doing some snooping around on the web, some are suggesting that the USS Hartford is no longer SEAWORTHY, the its BENT SAIL, the broken welds and other damage have said sub ready for CUT UP and disposal! Those rumors beg the question...can we RISK the lives of the USS Hartford crew trying to LIMP SAID SUB back here to America on the open seas? Can we risk the damage to the world environment if the submarine gets into more troubles in the middle of the open ocean?What would be the cost to the environment, to mankind if (God Forbid) this submarine tried to limp back to America and ended up SINKING to the bottom of the ocean floor? Is the risk worth it, or should we TOW THE SUB BACK?

USS Hartford No Longer Sea Worthy? Formal Request For OPEN INVESTIGATION

Naval Inspector General

Attn: Navy Hotline

Building 172

1254 Ninth Street, S.E.

Washington Navy Yard DC

Take Notice of the nice SMOOTH SEALED surface where the Sail joins the Hull.

Notice the vertical/horizontal alignments...compare this to the new CANT.

Dear Inspector General:

As an Anti-Nuclear environmentalist, I have grave concerns when it comes to all things surrounding the Military/Commercial Nuclear Industry...simply stated, there is more than adequate reason not to trust anything put out in the way of Propaganda from the Nuclear Industry (through NEI) or our government through various and assorted agencies (DOD, DOE, NRC, and yes, the US Nuclear Navy).

It does not take a rocket scientist to realize the horrific collision of the USS Hartford with the USS New Orleans was/is far more serious than the Navy is letting on. The few available pictures of the USS Hartford fast attack submarine show SERIOUSLY broken welds around the sail. The Conning Tower is canted from stem to stern, suggesting that periscopes are no longer working.

Further, it is my own belief and allegation that such a significant collision has impinged upon the reactor cores cooling capabilities. It is my belief that any attempts to navigate the USS Hartford back to America under its own power endanger the crew of the USS Hartford, as well as the citizens of the world, and our environment.

It is therefore respectfully requested that your office open up a FULLY PUBLIC investigation of how the accident occurred, and just what damage has been done to both vessels. This investigation should include inspection of the entire nuclear propulsion/cooling system to assure the safety of the world population. Said inspection should take place after the nuclear submarine has been returned back to America using the same technology used to transport the USS Cole. (see photograph)

World public health, the safety of the grew, and the protection of our world oceans should supercede whatever Middle East Agenda the USS Hartford was carrying out. When already we are hearing rumors of water tight doors below deck being incapable of closing, the Navy cannot and must not needlessly risk lives of our American Sailors.

Respectfully,

United States Citizen

Anti Nuclear Activist

PS,,,what environmental restoration work is underway for the TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND GALLONS OF SPILLED DIESEL, and what took the Superior Officers so long in getting a grew out to deal with that end of this accident.

Vice Admiral William E. Gortney
Rear Admiral Thomas A. Cropper
Rear Admiral Scott E. Sanders
Rear Admiral Scott E. Sanders

Did Nuclear Sub USS Hartford ALMOST SINK USS New Orleans in Overnight Collision in Straight of Hormuz?

It is obvious that the United States Navy is calling in favors in trying to keep news tamped down where the over night near cataclysmic Nuclear Submarine accident almost sank the USS New Orleans in the Straight of Hormuz, only the busiest shipping lane in the entire world...what news getting out is alarming. The USS New Orleans has its Hull viciously ripped open, ballast tanks, tore open a fuel storage tank dumping over 25,000 gallons of diesel into the Straight of Hormuz as ship crews went into Emergency Red Alert efforts to save the stricken vessel from sinking...after much effort, the ship was stabilized and saved. Meanwhile, the USS Hartford Nuclear Attack Sub has over ten percent of its crew reporting injuries, and a Navy Spokesperson has admitted CLEARLY VISIBLE DAMAGE...IE, the MAST was almost RIPPED OFF.

Friday, March 20, 2009

How Close To Sinking Did USS New Orleans Come In Vicious Collision With Nuclear Submarine?

How close did the USS New Orleans comes to sinking overnight when it had major sections of the ship RIPPED OPEN AND FLOODED in its vicious collision with the nuclear submarine USS Hartford? With each passing hour the Navy DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS are growing...what had been at first classified as a minor incident now has the USS Hartford unable to submerge, and tells a story of the USS New Orleans having to implement EMERGENCY ACTIONS to stabilize the ship after two ballast tanks were severely ruptured, temporarily crippling the ship. Both vessels are now limping to a SECRET LOCATION for repairs as the Navy begins damage control of COVER UP. It is known that the Hartford shows SIGNIFICANT AND VISIBLE DAMAGE to its mast...could a much harder collision have ripped said mast off, causing instant death, and the sinking of a nuclear submarine in the busiest shipping lane in the world?

Sub, amphib collide in Hormuz Strait; 15 hurt

http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/03/navy_collision_033009/

By Andrew Scutro - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Mar 20, 2009 11:50:58 EDT

NAVY

Two U.S. warships are out of action in the Middle East after the attack submarine Hartford and the amphibious transport dock New Orleans collided in calm seas while transiting the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf in the early morning hours Friday.

Fifteen sailors on Hartford were injured but were able to return to duty, according to Navy officials. No injuries were reported aboard New Orleans.

The exact circumstances of the 1 a.m. incident are unclear. The Hartford was “submerged but near the surface” at the time of the collision, a source told Navy Times.

Both ships are now limping into a local undisclosed port, said Cmdr. Jane Campbell, spokeswoman at 5th Fleet in Bahrain.

“They’re both underway on their own power, and both are in the [Persian] Gulf at this point,” she said. “Hartford is on the surface and will remain on the surface until she’s in port.”

Damage to the wounded ships is being evaluated.

Campbell said initial assessments show two ballast tanks on New Orleans were ruptured, resulting in seawater flooding that required the ship to be stabilized. A fuel tank was also ruptured, causing an estimated spill of 25,000 gallons of marine diesel fuel into the gulf.

“She had flooding in three distinct compartments,” Campbell said. “The flooding is secure, and the ship is making way on her own power.”

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 as well, but the sub will make a surface transit into port.

“It’s important to point out that Hartford’s [nuclear] powerplant was not affected in this at all,” she said. “We’ll be doing a full incident investigation report as well as a JAGMAN investigation.”

This is the third recent collision involving a U.S. submarine in the Strait of Hormuz or the Persian Gulf.

On Jan., 8, 2007, the attack submarine Newport News and the Japanese oil tanker Mogamigawa collided in the Strait of Hormuz, a busy strategic chokepoint that runs between Iran and Oman. Both ships were headed south and out of the gulf at night when the submerged submarine was overtaken by the faster-moving tanker sailing on the same route.

The movement of the large tanker caused the smaller submarine to be drawn into the ship’s surface wake by the intermingling pressure areas created by their hull washes — a phenomenon known in physics as the “Venturi effect.”

In a previous incident, on the night of Sept. 25, 2005, the attack submarine Philadelphia, while traveling on the surface, collided with a Turkish cargo ship off the coast of Bahrain. No one was injured in the collision.

Both Philadelphia and Newport News underwent repairs in Bahrain before returning to homeport.

Hartford and New Orleans are members of the Boxer Expeditionary Strike Group. Another ship from the group, the dock landing ship Comstock, was in the area at the time of the collision. Boxer remains in the Gulf of Aden on counterpiracy patrol. It and most of the other strike group departed San Diego Jan. 8.