US Sub Struck in Secretive South China Sea Deployment Suffered Damage to Ballast Tanks, Report Finds

On 2 October, the USS Connecticut, a Seawolf-class nuclear powered fast attack submarine, struck an unidentified object in the South China Sea. 11 seamen received non-life-threatening injuries in the incident, and the sub was forced to limp back to the US naval base in Guam for assessment.