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The navigation review team, which includes the commanding officer, failed to find and mark at least 10 underwater hazards near the location of the grounding, the investigation found.

More than two years of lax oversight from leadership on one of the U.S. Navy’s most powerful submarines ultimately led to the grounding of the attack boat on an uncharted, underwater seamount in the South China Sea, according to an investigation into the Oct. 2 incident. USS Connecticut (SSN-22) was five months into a surge […]

The command investigation report is heavily redacted but mostly blames the crew for failing to uphold standards, take action.

Poor navigational planning, management and watch-team execution led to the USS Connecticut’s underwater crash in October, according to a Navy investigation that recommended punishment for several of the submarine’s leaders and crew.

The Navy announced that Adm. Samuel Paparo had ordered a command investigation of a Nov. 20 leak of about 14,000 gallons of a water-and-fuel mixture from a fire suppression drain line, and a new review of a May 6 leak of the pipeline at the facility, which the Navy said released an estimated 1,618 gallons of jet fuel.

The Navy is investigating whether a 14,000-gallon fuel and water leak on Nov. 20 is related to a 1,600-gallon fuel release in May.