Off the coast of the United States, a submarine crashed into a cruiser

At the eastern coast of North America, during training maneuvers, the Montpelier nuclear submarine crashed into the US nuclear missile cruiser San Jacinto US Navy, Reuters reports. As a result of the accident, no one was injured, and military vessels did not receive serious damage. According to other sources, the fairing of the cruiser watercress was damaged.

According to the Pentagon, the collision occurred on Saturday at 15:30 (23:30 Moscow time), the sentinel cruisers were raised above the water periscope periscope at 150 m. The captain gave the command “full back”, but it was not possible to avoid the collision.

Montpelier (SSN-765) of the Los Angeles type multi-purpose submarine was built in 1991. She took part in the operation in Iraq. The atomic missile cruiser San Jacinto of the Ticonderog class equipped with the AEGIS missile system has been in service with the US Navy since 1988. He took part in the operation "Storm in the desert." Both vessels are included in the strike group led by the Harry Truman aircraft carrier