4 Submarine News Stories Reported Today (A Lie, A Spy, Tragedy and a Bubblehead Chaplain: Hope)

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Navy's morale-boosting story torpedoed as fairytale of dodgy sub

THE Royal Australian Navy set out to boost morale with a report of its daring submarine exploits on the high seas - the problem was that the account turned out to be fiction. Collins-class submarine HMAS Dechaineux did not make it to the South China Sea to join Exercise Bersama Shield because of a fault in its propulsion system, which had left it stranded in port in Singapore. story


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US sailor pleads guilty to attempted China spying

Petty Officer 2nd Class Bryan Minkyu Martin of Mexico, N.Y., faces a maximum sentence of life in prison. His court martial is scheduled to last through Friday.story


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The Bubblhead Chaplain arrived yesterday in Kyrgyzstan on his way to Afghanistan. Sure, it may be shore duty, but his heart is valiant and we know his kind of Naval Professionals Needed.


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4 killed in India nuclear submarine accident

INS Arihant — that was scheduled to start final trial on Thursday — got off to an inauspicious start when four naval personnel were killed as it attempted to dock at Vishakhapatnam on Wednesday. A temporary [dry]docking gate collapsed, unleashing a flood of water and killing two officers and two sailors. Commanders Ashwani Kumar, 47, and Ranbir Ranjan, 30, and sailors Madhu Babu, 31, and Rajesh, 30, suffered head injuries when the gate collapsed. They succumbed to their injuries later. story

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Submarines are always silent and strange.