Trident I C-4 is damaged at US naval base

Gord Beaman wrote:
"Keith Willshaw" wrote:


"Gord Beaman" wrote in message
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"Mark Test" wrote:

Mark, don't you remember Venik's(?) absolutely bananas, frothing
at the mouth accusations to this effect?...It was quite
entertaining if you ignored the tragedy associated with it.

Also, didn't they lose some more men with some ham fisted
practices while towing the raised hulk ashore?

The hulk was raised and towed ashore by a Norwegian salvage
firm as I recall and it seemed very professional.

Keith

Oh...ok, sorry, no harm meant, must be some other incident that
I'm remembering about losses of life during towing something
then.

This one, I imagine:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3193625.stm

In August of 2003, a retired November-class SSN was being towed to Polarnye
for scrapping lost its flotation pontoons and apparently rolled and sank
with most of the tow crew still on board. Remarkably slipshod performance
for the Russian navy, towing an unseaworthy ship in bad weather and with the
hatches open.

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