The nuclear-powered submarine USS Louisiana hit a UNITED STATE Navy Offshore Support Vessel recently while carrying out regular procedures in the Strait of Juan de Fuca off the coastline of Washington state, the united state Navy has actually verified.

The Navy did not call the various other vessel entailed.

The crash took place at 6:00 p.m. regional time on August 18. There were no injuries to workers, the Navy claimed. Assessments of the damages to both the submarine as well as the united state Navy Offshore Support Vessel are being performed.

Both ships later on returned securely to port under their very own power. The UNITED STATE Navy Offshore Support Vessel returned securely to port at Port Angeles, Washington, as well as the USS Louisiana returned securely to homeport at Naval Base Kitsap Bangor, Washington.

The occurrence is presently under examination.

The USS Louisiana is the eighteenth as well as last ship in the united state Navy’s Ohio course of nuclear-powered fleet ballistic rocket submarines. It was introduced in 1996.

The Navy did not call the assistance vessel entailed.