Damaged in the South China Sea, the Connecticut nuclear submarine of the Seawolf type of the US Navy (Navy) got on the picture of the Planet Labs spacecraft. The corresponding photo was shown by the publication The Drive.
In the picture, the submarine is moored to a pier in Guam. There is no visible damage to the submarine. There are no signs of any infrastructure near the submarine indicating that repairs are being carried out.
This is our first look at the USS Connecticut after its underwater collision: https://t.co/c5ruvkhmNn- The War Zone (@thewarzonewire) October 22, 2021
"Based on the limited information provided by satellite photography, it seems more likely that the collision [of the submarine with an unknown object] occurred well below the waterline of the submarine, for example, in the area of the bottom of the hull. This may exclude the possibility of a head-on collision or a collision from above," the newspaper writes.
In October, the analytical organization South China Sea Strategic Situation Probing Initiative (SCSPI) noted that the Connecticut submarine collided with an unknown object in the area of the South China Sea, bounded by Hainan Island, the Paracel Islands and the Bashi Channel.
In the same month, The Drive, referring to the veteran submariner of the US Navy, Aaron Amik, wrote that the topography of the bottom of the South China Sea, in the depths of which the Connecticut submarine collided with an unknown object, is subject to frequent changes due to tectonic activity.
In the same month, the former commander of the nuclear submarine, captain of the first rank Igor Kurdin, commenting on the possible circumstances of the recent collision of a US submarine with an unknown object, said that at a safe depth of 45 meters, the submarine cannot meet with any surface ship or vessel, including a tanker.
Ivan Potapov
