GROTON, Conn. (May 21, 2009) Sailors aboard the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Hartford (SSN 768) wait for the brow to be lowered during the ships return home to Submarine Base New London after a month-long surface transit from Bahrain. Hartford sustained major damage to her sail in a March 20 collision with the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) in the Strait of Hormuz. (U.S. Navy photo by John Narewski/Released)

GROTON, Conn. (May 21, 2009) Sailors aboard the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Hartford (SSN 768) wait for the brow to be lowered during the ships return home to Submarine Base New London after a month-long surface transit from Bahrain. Hartford sustained major damage to her sail in a March 20 collision with the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) in the Strait of Hormuz. (U.S. Navy photo by John Narewski/Released)

What a mess.

2 Responses to “Pic of USS Hartford Reaching Home”

  • AW1 Tim:

    Good lord. Can you imagine transiting on the surface in that thing? That hull is designed for underwater sailing…. that must have been the transit from hell.

  • Bill:

    I’d think it would be like riding in a barrel over Niagra falls over and over for a month. I bet you could sell tickets as a carnival ride in that thing on the surface in any weather!

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