The navigation review team, which includes the commanding officer, failed to find and mark at least 10 underwater hazards near the location of the grounding, the investigation found.
The Navy reported several injuries among the USS Connecticut crew that were not life threatening and the service said damage to the submarine was under assessment. The service did not describe the object that the boat struck.
Japan submarine collides with commercial ship off Shikoku, 3 injured
A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine collided Monday with a commercial vessel in the Pacific Ocean off the western main island of Shikoku, with three crew members on the submarine slightly injured but no major damage reported, government officials said.
The 84-meter-long Souryu scraped the hull of the vessel as it was surfacing, the Defense Ministry said, adding that the submarine s antenna mast and other upper parts were slightly damaged but it was able to continue sailing.
Top government spokesman Katsunobu Kato said at a press conference that a ship believed to be the one involved in the collision, when contacted by the Japan Coast Guard, reported that no impact was felt and it does not appear to have sustained any damage.
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they draw a distinction between the state department and the white house and a request being submitted and the white house actually knowing about it. here is presidential advisor david axelrod. guest: the vice president was talking about what the white house knew. there are embassies all over the world and installations all overtime world and the questions go to the state department. it did not come to the white house. that is what the vice president was responding to. the senate launch add probe of the attack and the administration s response. heather: thank you, steve. gregg: the pentagon is investigating a navy submarine crash. it is a missile cruiser, and two crafts collided. the pentagon did not reveal where it happened. the force command said no one was injured.