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As the high-speed maneuvers finished at 13:30, Waddle called for Greeneville to perform an emergency dive (called an "emergency deep") followed by an emergency main ballast blow, a maneuver that brings the submarine from a depth of about 400 feet (120 m) to the surface in a few seconds by using high-pressure air to force the water out of the ...
USS Greeneville is a Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarine (), and the only vessel in United States Navy history to be named after Greeneville, Tennessee. [3] The contract to build the boat was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia, on 14 December 1988, and her keel was laid down on 28 February 1992.
USS San Francisco in a dry dock, after hitting an underwater mountain 350 miles (560 km) south of Guam in 2005 This article describes major accidents and incidents involving submarines and submersibles since 2000. 2000s 2000 Kursk explosion Main article: Kursk submarine disaster In August 2000, the Russian Oscar II-class submarine Kursk sank in the Barents Sea when a leak of high-test peroxide ...
The aircraft crashed over the Rinchi Hill above Heyo village, about 30 km from Mechuka advance landing ground in the district located about 60 km from the Indo-Chinese Line of Actual Control. Among the seven IAF men and six Army personnel on board the ill-fated aircraft were two wing commanders, two squadron leaders and a flight lieutenant. [226]
Sunk 4 Feb 1945 by Japanese aircraft. SS-317 Barbero: ... SS-399 Sea Cat: SS-400 Sea Devil: SS-401 Sea Dog: SS-402 ... USS Ling (SS-297) ...
A United States Air Force Boeing B-52D Stratofortress, 55-078, of the 22d Bomb Wing, March AFB, California, crashed on the eastern Colorado prairie near La Junta at 0630 hrs. while on a low-level (400 ft, 120 m altitude) training mission, killing all eight crew. No weapons were on board.
List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (2000–2009) 0–9. 2002 Prestige Airlines Boeing 707 crash; A. ... 2002 Shangri-La Air Twin Otter crash;
USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group underway in the Atlantic USS Constitution under sail for the first time in 116 years on 21 July 1997 The United States Navy has approximately 470 ships in both active service and the reserve fleet; of these approximately 50 ships are proposed or scheduled for retirement by 2028, while approximately 110 new ships are in either the planning and ordering ...