Hartford.

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Here with more on the USS Hartford.

American Los Angeles class nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear weaponry. A nuclear capable vessel.

This recent collision of the USS Hartford with another U.S. Navy ship in the Strait of Hormuz is not an isolated incident?

The Hartford, for some reason, has a bad record of faulty and sloppy navigation that is unusual and troubling. A clear and consistent pattern exists here that should not!!

Take for instance, the grounding of the sub - - 2003 - - Sardinia!

"USS Hartford grounding"

"On 25 October, 2003, the [USS] Hartford . . . submarine ran aground while performing routine maneuvers in the harbour of La Maddalena, Sardinia. Approximately 9 million dollars worth of damage were done to the submarine, and it was out of service for seven months. An investigation into the accident revealed that basic navigation errors combined with equipment failures were to blame for the submarine running into the rocky shallows."

Here showing damage to the rudder of the Hartford after running aground.

"Basic navigation errors . . . equipment failures" - - sloppy, faulty, incompetence! Why this ship and not others? Something in the air or water?

For the captain of a U.S. naval vessel, it has always been a most egregious and career-ending event to run your ship aground. And unforgivable incident that is not redeemable. It has been so since the days of the USS Philadelphia and will be so forever?

But - - the Hartford? Why so much trouble so often? Or is something being made here that is not so uncommon?

And from my prior blog entry:

"just the cost alone to repair one of these submarines after a collision with another vessel or an undersea mount in the case of the San Francisco seems to be just astronomical."

According the wiki entry on the Hartford:

"A repair contract has been awarded to General Dynamics. Repairs were initially expected to cost $37.4 million and be completed by January 2010. However, as of November 2009 repair costs had already exceeded $100 million."

Cost-overrun, cost-overrun, cost-overrun!!

coolbert.