VIRGINIA : U.S. Nuclear Sub, Saudi Ship Collide
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A Navy nuclear-powered attack submarine and a Saudi Arabian merchant ship collided in the Atlantic off Norfolk, Va., but there were no injuries, the Navy said. It was the latest in a spate of Navy accidents this year, including crashes of several F-14 fighter jets. The collision damaged a control plane and the rudder of the submarine Jacksonville, which headed for port at the Norfolk Navy Shipyard under its own power.
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