Catching up...

Today's post is an attempt to catch up on some of the submarine happenings while I was out of touch for a little while.

-April 11, 2007 is the US Submarine Force's 207th Birthday. The US acquired its first submarine the Holland on this day in 1900.

-April 12- The Russian sub Kursk sunk killing all 118 sailors on board. There are pictures of the recovered submarine here. Quite a bit of damage.

-April 16- Russia is to launch a new nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine, the Yuri Dolgorukiy, which took 10 years to build.

-April 17- The US released a report on the Minneapolis-St. Paul incident in which two sailors were washed overboard and were lost. It seems that the weather causing rough seas was the big culprit.

-"Russia and India are to conduct joint naval counter-terrorism exercises in the Sea of Japan on April 24-26, a Russian source said Tuesday. The press service of Russia's Pacific Fleet said the INDRA-2007 is a biennial joint exercise between the Russian and Indian navies aimed at practicing cooperative engagement in the fight against terrorism. It is the third such exercise since 2003."