Dramatic footage of a tug sinking after colliding with a submarine.
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re: Submarine sinks Tugboat
By International Marine Consultancy bvba 26/11/09 (2 years ago)
Following infomration was submitted by reader Hugh Ware.
March 22, 1986 off Midway Island, Pacific
USS SECOTA (YTM 415) loses power and collides with the stern planes of USS GEORGIA (SSGN-729) and sinks just after completing a personnel transfer.
Ten crew are rescued, but two drown. GEORGIA is undamaged.
re: Submarine sinks Tugboat
By John Parrish 13/12/09 (2 years ago)
I was chief engineer of the Secota during WW2.
I was on board during typhoon Louise . I wouid like to hear from crew member.
my mailing adderss is 3 Park Ave.
Knightdale, NC 27545
re: Submarine sinks Tugboat
By Scott Elkington 24/01/10 (2 years ago)
Kinda strange that the tug was struck from from the naval registry and placed out of service in sept.1985,
yet the collision happened in Jan of '86.
re: Submarine sinks Tugboat
By Dave La Rosa 31/12/10 (1 year ago)
I served on the Secota YTM-415 from 1970-72 as Electrician in Sasebo Japan. We took her through the yards at SST. In the same period we got a tug that had sunk in Vietnam, and was rebuilt.
re: Submarine sinks Tugboat
By JavRacer 10/01/11 (1 year ago)
This was actually accidently filmed due too the fact that a shipmate got off to go to school. The guy in the dress whites on the tug boat. The C.O.B decided to use the new vidoe cameera to say good bye. When the tug lost power, two crewmen went to the engine room to restore power. but was lost at sea. The crewman in the dress whites save two of the tug personnel, but because he was on the tug never got a commemdation,
re: Submarine sinks Tugboat
By UTC POTTER USN RET 30/11/11 (2 months ago)
I was onboard when the tug sank. I arrived on Midway on Thursday and this was the following Saturday. We had to go all the way back to Pearl to get off as it would have taken 2 tugs to manuver sub to Midway harbor. Irony is this tug was schedualed for replacement and the replacement was in Pearl. They sailed it back to Midway. 1 crewmember went down with the ship, I saw a shark take the second. In the full length version of this video the last thing you see is me floating in the watter.