Two U.S. Navy vessels strike in Strait of Hormuz; submarine USS Hartford rams into USS New Orleans Think.

A U.S. Navy submarine surfaces off the slide of Chile. Not shown, two fleet vessels, a submarine and an amphibious ship, collided in the Strait of Hormuz, near Iran. ,  - Two vessels - a nuclear-powered submarine and an amphibious ship - collided during the prematurely forenoon hours Friday in the between and the , the U.S. reported.

There was no impair to the sub's atomic impetus system, said , a 5th Fleet spokesman. The air force said in a report that the commotion occurred around 1:00 a.m. specific duration on Friday (5 p.m. EDT, Thursday), when the USS Hartford, a submarine, and the USS , an amphibious ship, collided.

According to the Bahrain-based 5th Fleet, 15 sailors aboard the were a little injured but able to coming to duty. No injuries were reported aboard the New Orleans. Both ships were heading to mooring and were succeeding in the same handling when the fact occurred in the restricted strait, said 5th Fleet spokesman, Lt. Nate Christensen. He said the skirmish occurred at evensong and the submarine was submerged at the day but that he could give no further details as the smash is still under investigation.

Both vessels are now heading to haven for repairs and evaluation, but Christensen said that following ensign safeguarding procedures he could not clout where the vessels were headed. The New Orleans suffered a ruptured tinder tank, resulting in an lubricator cropper of approximately 25,000 gallons (95,000 liters) of diesel fuel. Both ships are currently operating under their own power.

The Navy said both ships were on regularly scheduled deployments to the pale and conducting conviction operations. Oil prices rose after newsflash of the crash which happened in a elaborate shipping route. As much as 17 million barrels of lubricant a era went through the limit limited in the initially half of 2008, or about 40 percent of all seaborne traded unguent or 20 percent of all fuel traded globally. The Hartford is based in , and the New Orleans is based in , , the Navy said.

As all submarines, the Hartford is nuclear powered. The New Orleans is an amphibious ravish berth ship.

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