Dramatic moment U.S. Navy ship is sunk by torpedo from Australian submarine

[xdrive]

This is the dramatic moment a U.S. Navy ship is sunk by a torpedo from an Australian submarine during a military exercise in the Pacific Ocean.

The 12,100-ton vessel Kilauea was struck just below the bridge of the ship and promptly broke in two before sinking beneath the waves 40 minutes later.

The missile was fired by The Royal Australian Navy submarine HMAS Farncomb in what its commanding officer said was a 'significant milestone' for both himself and his 60-strong crew.

Commander Glen Miles said: 'This is the result of professionalism and teamwork. Those of us who drive these boats know that the Collins weapons systems are among the most capable in the world.'

Australia is among 22 nations attending the exercise that includes six submarines and 40 surface ships participating in a realistic maritime warfare scenario off the coast of Hawaii.

The U.S. Navy is resuming its practice of using old warships for target practice and sinking them in U.S. coastal waters after a nearly two-year moratorium spurred by environmental and cost concerns.

Dramatic moment U.S Navy ship is sunk by torpedo from Australian submarine during target practice | Mail Online

 

[Icarus]

That's a sad see off for a Navy Ship, a scrap yard would have been a more appropriate/respectful end for the vessel.

 

[Fazlu]

That's a sad see off for a Navy Ship, a scrap yard would have been a more appropriate/respectful end for the vessel.

What better use is a rusting hunk of metal when it can be used to impart real-time training and experience to new crew members ? Training is everything for these guys.

Apologies for stating the obvious.

 

[mjnaushad]

Video????????

 

[VCheng]

That's a sad see off for a Navy Ship, a scrap yard would have been a more appropriate/respectful end for the vessel.

They are already full. Suisun Bay needs to be emptied out by 2017:

Suisun Bay is the anchorage of the mothball fleet, a collection of U.S. Navy and merchant reserve ships. Many ships were removed and sold for scrap in the 1990s, but 80 ships remain, including (until recently) the WWII battleship USS Iowa (BB-61). In 2010, plans were announced to remove the mothball fleet in stages, with final removal by 2017.

 

[xdrive]

Video????????

Bottom of article.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...edo-Australian-submarine-target-practice.html

 

[amidamaru]

what people do not realise here, is that there are more positives to sinking the ship.

no it is more suiting the bottom of the sea is the final resting place for a ship.

training is a bonus sure.

but when the ship sinks, an artificial reef is created later on... the area then teams with life.

 

[IZVINITE]

Gah! What a waste. All of that steel is going to be corroded and dissolved into the ocean. From that point, it is extremely difficult to extract it from the water. In fact, the process of doing just that defeats it as it uses more funds than the steel is worth. That is quite a lot of potential raw material that was just wasted.

 

[Oldman1]

That's a sad see off for a Navy Ship, a scrap yard would have been a more appropriate/respectful end for the vessel.

Too expensive.

 

[Killuminati]

Great news.

 

[Oldman1]

Great news.

Yep, it shows how effective our torpedo is.

 

[xdrive]

Yep, it shows how effective our torpedo is.

Don't you mean Australia's torpedo?

 

[Icarus]

What better use is a rusting hunk of metal when it can be used to impart real-time training and experience to new crew members ? Training is everything for these guys.

Apologies for stating the obvious.

I believe that Ships are extensions of your nation's sovereignty, to sink them seems disrespectful, call me nostalgic or crazy but The Naval Arms of any country are highly traditionalist, going down with your ship, breaking a champaign bottle and what not. That is why I am saying that it is a breach on that tradition.

 

[Oldman1]

Don't you mean Australia's torpedo?

Umm what kind of torpedo is it, make and model? Can you check please...

 

[turbo charged]

there goes the american taxpayers money down the drain...courtesy, war mongerers.