Members of the crew sit at the controls aboard the Seawolf-class attack submarine USS Jimmy Carter in 2005. A history of submarine groundingsThe USS Connecticut isn't the first US Navy sub to be involved in an underwater collision. The Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Georgia departs Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay in 2015. The USS Connecticut was commissioned in Groton, Connecticut on December 11, 1998. The US has not revealed any of those details, but when it comes to the South China Sea, Washington's policy is consistent.

Source: CNN November 06, 2021 03:18 UTC