DUBAI - A nuclear-powered U.S. submarine and another U.S. vessel that collided on Friday in the Strait of Hormuz bordering Iran have arrived at a Bahrain port to be assessed for damage, the U.S. Navy said on Saturday.
Submarine USS Hartford and amphibious vessel USS New Orleans have arrived at Mina Salman Port “to further assess and evaluate the damage that resulted from their collision at sea,” the U.S. Navy said in a statement.
Fifteen sailors were slightly injured in the collision early on Friday, the second collision involving a U.S. nuclear submarine in the Strait of Hormuz in about two years. There was no damage to the USS HartfordÂ’s atomic propulsion unit but the other vessel suffered a ruptured fuel tank, resulting in an oil spill of approximately 25,000 gallons (113,700 litres) of marine diesel fuel, the Navy said. |