Chinese Capesize bulk carrier collided with Japanese Navy submarine

[Beast]

They were probably too busy watching some hentai anime.

You mean Japanese ****?

 

[Ahmet Pasha]

Chinese Capesize bulk carrier collided with Japanese Navy submarine – Maritime Bulletin

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Capesize bulk carrier OCEAN ARTEMIS collided with Japanese Navy SORYU-class submarine at 1058 Tokyo time Feb 8 some 30 nm south of Kochi Prefecture coast, Shikoku Island, Japan, Pacific. Bulk carrier is en route from Qingdao China to Mizushima Japan, submarine was heading to drills area off Cape Ashizuri in Kochi Prefecture. Understood submarine either surfaced or was surfacing, prior to collision. Bulk carrier didn’t suffer any damages except maybe some scratches, submarine suffered damaged bridge antennas and diving planes, several crew were slightly injured. Bulk carrier stopped after collision, then resumed moving, but at a reduce speed of some 4 knots, as of 1900 Tokyo time.

Bulk carrier OCEAN ARTEMIS, IMO 9534987, dwt 93103, built 201,, flag HK, manager HUAYANG MARITIME CENTER (EQUASIS).

Janapenes Navy SORYU submarine, displacement 2900 ton surfaced, complement 65, armament torpedoes and missiles, commissioned 2009.

Japan submarine collision left more damage than initially thought

Japan submarine collision left more damage than initially thought

The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine that collided on Feb. 8 with a commercial vessel in the Pacific Ocean off the western main island of Shikoku suffered more extensive damage than initially thought, MSDF officials said on Feb. 9.

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The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine that collided Monday with a commercial vessel in the Pacific Ocean off the western main island of Shikoku suffered more extensive damage than initially thought, MSDF officials said Tuesday.
Part of the 84-meter-long Souryu's conning tower was warped and its starboard hydroplane, which helps control depth, was broken, they said.

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine Souryu off Kochi port in the western Japan main island of Shikoku on Feb. 9, 2021, following its collision with a commercial vessel in the Pacific Ocean off Shikoku the previous day. A fin (front) on the starboard side of the submarine is seen bent over. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

The collision may have been caused by human error including failure to sufficiently check the surroundings with sonar as the submarine surfaced, Defense Ministry sources said Tuesday. There was no reported trouble with the sonar and periscope prior to the incident.

The submarine's communications equipment was also damaged in the collision, resulting in the incident not being reported for more than three hours after it occurred at around 10:55 a.m. off Cape Ashizuri in Kochi Prefecture.

Regarding the delayed accident report, top government spokesman Katsunobu Kato said at a press conference Tuesday the ministry should take measures to prevent such a communication delay from happening again.

MSDF Chief of Staff Adm. Hiroshi Yamamura apologized for the incident in a press conference and said there was no excuse for such a communication problem.

Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said that the ministry will fully cooperate with the Japan Coast Guard's investigation.

Kishi said Monday the Souryu was unable to avoid hitting the commercial vessel despite the ship being visible in the submarine's periscope as it surfaced.

The 5th Regional Coast Guard Headquarter started an investigation into the cause of the collision Tuesday morning at Kochi Port, where the submarine, which was engaged in routine training, arrived late Monday.

Three crew members on the submarine were slightly injured.

The commercial ship, believed to be the Hong Kong-flagged bulk carrier Ocean Artemis, had around 20 Chinese crew members aboard, according to coast guard sources.

The vessel is scheduled to arrive at Kobe Port in the western Japan prefecture of Hyogo, the regional coast guard headquarters said Tuesday. Coast guard divers will check the condition of the vessel's hull.

The ministry and coast guard are checking whether the submarine crew adhered to surfacing procedures, according to the ministry sources.

Sonar is used to detect other vessels in the vicinity, but it is difficult to detect ships located behind a submarine.

To ensure safety, a submarine, when surfacing, must change its position and gradually rise near the sea surface while making sure there is no "dead zone." Once close to the surface, the submarine extends its periscope.

According to the sources, the Souryu could not detect the vessel with its sonar, only noticing the vessel when it extended its periscope. By then, the submarine could not shift gear and ended up scraping the bottom of the vessel, the sources said.

Tidal currents may have also made it hard to capture the sonar signal from the vessel, they added.

The Souryu is a diesel-electric submarine with a standard displacement of 2,950 tons and a crew of about 65. It entered service in 2009 as the first of its class, and belongs to the fifth submarine fleet based in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture.

Another Japanese warship crumbles before our maritime forces!

Insurance kon bharey ga yar iski??
Premium bhi barh jaye ga ab.

 

[samsara]

I'm not deluding, it's from many sources People talk with high regard for JMSDF professionalism, even the chinese are in awe.
As Lian Degui and Jin Yongming state:

Dragon Against the Sun: Chinese Views of Japanese Seapower | CSBA

CSBA is an independent, non-partisan policy research institute established to promote innovative thinking and debate about national security strategy and investment options.

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well at least he's a submariner, unlike you.

this is a more dangerous issue if you ask me.
Chinese submariners patrolling South China Sea suffer 'serious' psych problems, study finds

No need to hype that. Read it here to put it in the right perspective.

Study on mental health of submariners in S.China Sea 'normal' PLA management practice: military experts

Global Times, Feb. 02, 2021

The report caught the attention of some overseas media, and used the issue to highlight tensions between Chinese and US militaries in the region. Navy Medical University could not be reached for comments.

"Study on soldiers' mental health is a very normal operation for Western countries as mental health is an important guarantee for the militaries' combat effectiveness, or non-battle attrition would increase," Song Zhongping, a Chinese military expert and TV commentator, told the Global Times on Tuesday.

Some military observers noted that the PLA has been enhancing management of soldiers' mental health, and it is not strange for submariners, who would live and work in narrow spaces for a long period, to suffer more mental problems.

The PLA put into use a digital mental health management system in November 2019, which not only conducts psychological testing but psychological counseling, media reported.

According to the US Department of the Navy, psychological dysfunction is an extremely large disqualifying category in the US Submarine Force.

(…)

Study on mental health of submariners in S.China Sea 'normal' PLA management practice: military experts - Global Times

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[striver44]

No need to hype that. Read it here to put it in the right perspective.

Study on mental health of submariners in S.China Sea 'normal' PLA management practice: military experts

Global Times, Feb. 02, 2021

The report caught the attention of some overseas media, and used the issue to highlight tensions between Chinese and US militaries in the region. Navy Medical University could not be reached for comments.

"Study on soldiers' mental health is a very normal operation for Western countries as mental health is an important guarantee for the militaries' combat effectiveness, or non-battle attrition would increase," Song Zhongping, a Chinese military expert and TV commentator, told the Global Times on Tuesday.

Some military observers noted that the PLA has been enhancing management of soldiers' mental health, and it is not strange for submariners, who would live and work in narrow spaces for a long period, to suffer more mental problems.

The PLA put into use a digital mental health management system in November 2019, which not only conducts psychological testing but psychological counseling, media reported.

According to the US Department of the Navy, psychological dysfunction is an extremely large disqualifying category in the US Submarine Force.

(…)

Study on mental health of submariners in S.China Sea 'normal' PLA management practice: military experts - Global Times

www.globaltimes.cn

The last thing we want is mentally disturbed PLAN nuke submariners, they could disrupt peace and prosperity in the Indo Pacific region.

 

[striver44]

Huh and what has that got to do with their subs banging a Chinese merchant vessel. Lol.

World leading navies has had their fair share of incident, the Royal Navy, French Navy, US Navy had all been involved in a submarine incident in the past. Nothing to argue with their ability to sink enemy vessels and submarines.

 

[samsara]

The last thing we want is mentally disturbed PLAN nuke submariners, they could disrupt peace and prosperity in the Indo Pacific region.

Worry less, China know on how to handle such common worldwide issue among the submariners due to the very nature of submarine.

For the bloody accidental and false flag cases costed many lives, the world should fear of the US military more than any one else. The Pentagon had to coin a new term to wrap such incidents like bombing wedding parties, schools, hospitals in Afghanistan as "The Collateral Damage".

In the past it already triggered the famous Vietnam War (the false flag of the Gulf of Tonkin incident).
Iranian lost 290 lives when its civilian airliner was shot down by US Navy in 1988.

 

[striver44]

Worry less, China know on how to handle such common worldwide issue among the submariners due to the very nature of submarine.

Ok, make peace not war.

 

[Han Patriot]

World leading navies has had their fair share of incident, the Royal Navy, French Navy, US Navy had all been involved in a submarine incident in the past. Nothing to argue with their ability to sink enemy vessels and submarines.

Calm down hero. We guys are just joking around, we know Japanese Navy is definitely more well trained than Indian navy.

 

[striver44]

we know Japanese Navy is definitely more well trained than Indian navy.

I quite agree, the good thing is Japan and India as well as other advanced navies are at the same side in case war brokes out.

 

[Han Patriot]

I quite agree, the good thing is Japan and India as well as other advanced navies are at the same side in case war brokes out.

Didn't see them when we occupied 1000sqkm.lol

 

[striver44]

Didn't see them when we occupied 1000sqkm.lol

Submarines can't climb mountains.

 

[Han Patriot]

Submarines can't climb mountains.

Lolol. Sure sure. So did their subs retaliate? Lol

 

[striver44]

Lolol. Sure sure. So did their subs retaliate? Lol

it's physically impossible for submarine to retaliate in a high altitude , dry environment where there's not enough buoyancy.

you should go to school.

 

[Han Patriot]

it's physically impossible for submarine to retaliate in a high altitude , dry environment where there's not enough buoyancy.

you should go to school.

No they can retaliate using their subs and attack us right since we attack India? Lol

 

[type93]

The Chinese government will probably give the captain of the surface ship a medal