By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-14 15:59:33 | Updated at 2024-11-22 13:53:19
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Fishermen set out to catch halibut... and net a US nuclear submarine! 7,800-tonne vessel drags fishing crew's net for two miles off Norway
UK Daily Mail ^ | 11/14/2024 | DAVID AVERRE
Posted on 11/14/2024 7:50:37 AM PST by DFG
Norwegian sailors who set out for a routine fishing expedition made an unexpected and utterly sensational catch earlier this week when they managed to entangle an American nuclear-powered attack submarine.
The Øygutt, or 'Island Boy', a humble 10-metre-long fishing vessel, left port on the stunning village of Sommarøy high above the Arctic Circle on Monday.
Having scooped hundreds of kilos of fish in a lucrative haul worth some £1,500 that morning, they redeployed the nets for a second load.
But moments later the trawling equipment was torn clean off the side of the ship by the unsuspecting USS Virginia - a 7,800-ton, 115-meter-long fast-attack behemoth.
The state-of-the-art submarine - the lead ship of its class - was sailing silently through the waters northeast of Sommarøy having recently left the Arctic city of Tromsø when it inadvertently swept up the entire line of halibut nets.
Harald Engen, one of a three-member crew aboard Øygutt, told Norway's NRK how they had just re-set the nets and were making their way back to shore when the coast guard radioed in on VHF channel 16.
'A submarine had gotten into our halibut nets and had towed them two nautical miles northward into the open sea,' Engen recounted, still in disbelief.
The young fishermen now have an excellent story to tell - but lament the destruction of their nets which are now lost to the bottom of the sea.
The dinky fishing boat was of course no match for the state-of-the-art submarine, which tore the nets away from the hull before calling for help.
Though their first haul of halibut and plaice put more than 20,000 Norwegian kroner in their pocket, the nets torn away by the USS Virginia are worth some 40,000-50,000 kroner.
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1 posted on 11/14/2024 7:50:37 AM PST by DFG
To: DFG
His name is ‘Eric’, Eric The Fish....’ees an ‘alibut!
2 posted on 11/14/2024 7:51:31 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
"Well, there's that."
3 posted on 11/14/2024 7:53:57 AM PST by RandallFlagg (Democrats should have been barred from elections since The Battle Of Athens.)
To: DFG
What a fish story he has now ,LOL
4 posted on 11/14/2024 7:53:58 AM PST by butlerweave
To: DFG
Some more officers being sacked for ‘lack of confidence’ now...
5 posted on 11/14/2024 7:55:37 AM PST by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
To: DFG
Guys are luck they didn’t get their boat dragged down.
6 posted on 11/14/2024 7:57:50 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
To: larrytown
US Navy is possibly in the roughest shape of all the branches.
7 posted on 11/14/2024 7:58:44 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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