Originally Posted by Greyghost
There are a lot of sub mishaps, thankfully most don't result in heavy damage and loss of life. Some with the sub tied up and not at fault, and some are just down right funny...

Like this one, when in doubt, keep going, and ad power. If that still doesn't work... ad more power.

On 23 April 1984, ASR-13 Kittiwake a sub rescue vessel collided with the attack submarine USS Bergall (SSN-667) at Norfolk, Virginia, while Bergall was moored to the pier astern of her. Kittiwake was getting underway for the first time since she had undergone maintenance, during which her main drive motor was re-wired improperly, causing it and the screw it drove to rotate in the opposite direction from that ordered by personnel on Kittiwake's bridge. This was unknown to Kittiwake's bridge personnel, who found that Kittiwake started to move astern when they were expecting her to move forward. Noting the backward motion, they ordered an increase in the motor drive speed in order to correct it and get Kittiwake moving forward, but unwittingly caused Kittiwake to move farther astern and at a higher speed. Still not realizing that Kittiwake's main drive motor was operating in reverse of what they expected, Kittiwake's bridge personnel then ordered another increase in Kittiwake's forward speed, which served only to increase her speed astern. This continued until Kittiwake's stern backed into Bergall's sonar dome, causing damage to the Bergall's sonar dome and the USS Kittiwake's propeller.


Phil

No worries. The military industrial complex has lots of sonar domes. LOL

They needed Captain Ron.