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USS Connecticut

This morning/afternoon.

Almost a dozen sailors have been injured after a U.S. nuclear attack submarine hit an unknown underwater object in the South China Sea, USNI News has learned.

The Seawolf-class nuclear attack submarine USS Connecticut (SSN-22) suffered an underwater collision while operating in international waters on Oct. 2 and is returning to port in U.S. 7th Fleet, a U.S. Pacific Fleet spokesman confirmed to USNI News on Thursday.

Attack Submarine USS Connecticut Suffers Underwater Collision in South China Sea (USNI)

Meanwhile…

The Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine USS Connecticut (SSN 22) struck an object while submerged on the afternoon of Oct. 2, while operating in international waters in the Indo-Pacific region.

Statement regarding USS Connecticut (SSN 22) (US Navy Pacific Fleet)

Anyone?

Pic: US Navy

This evening.

Enniscorthy, County Wexford.

God’s finger?

A sky submarine?

Lens smudge?

We may never know.

UPDATE:

Annd, it’s a funnel cloud.

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In a flashy effort to help their military fend off the perceived threat of Russian submarines, Swedish peace activists have deployed a neon underwater “defense system” which sends out a welcoming message reading “this way if you are gay.”

The animated subsurface neon sign was recently installed off the coast of Stockholm by the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society (SPAS). Submarines in the vicinity of the so-called “Singing Sailor” are welcomed by morse-coded message and captions that state in English and in Russian: “Welcome to Sweden. Gay since 1944,” in reference to the year Sweden legalised homosexuality.

MORE: Swedish activists deploy ‘gay propaganda’ defense system against lurking Russian subs (RT)

(Gif: Svenskafreds)

(H/T: Sido)

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The 5.2m Super Falcon Mk II from Deepflight Submarines – a UK company led by marine engineer Graham Hawkes, who built and piloted the Mantis submarine used in For Your Eyes Only (1981).

Barrel roll with dolphins, invert cruise with whales, dive to 122m (400ft) [not 11,000m as previously stated, which would be completely mad] – all for a trifling €1,300,000.

MORE: Former Bond Villain Builds Personal Submarines For International Billionaires Like Richard Branson (BetaBeat)

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‘The Mile Low Club‘, a vacation operated by Oliver’s Travels is a concierge service for couples in the Caribbean offering moonlight walks on the beach, use of a private island and one or more nights inside a luxury submarine complete with onboard butler and chef.

You and your significant other can depart from the Caribbean island of your choice for an ardour-challenging £87,500 per person, per night.

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The call was from a man with an English accent who was warning him that they were in the area [approximately 30 miles off the north west coast of Donegal.
…John [who took the image above] said: “The man we spoke to was a lad with an English accent and he wanted to know where we would be trawling.There could be more submarines out there but it could be the case that we simply don’t know they’re there.”

 

Anyone?

Fisherman Has Close Encounter With Submarine Off Donegal Coast (Donegal Daily)