An unusual catch, 11.11.2024
Off the coast of Norway, a 7800-tons, 115-metre-long U.S. Navy submarine has been caught in the net.
The USS "Virginia" caught a fishing net gear anchored in the seabed, which had just been cast out to catch halibut, and dragged it more than three and a half kilometres.
The U.S. Navy confirmed to the Norwegian radio station "NRK" that the submarine had become entangled in a fishing net in Malangsfjord near Tromsø. A Norwegian Coast Guard vessel, which escorted the submarine out of the harbour, quickly helped to remove the net.
The broadcaster "NRK" spoke to the fish buyer Egil Johansen, who says that American submarines regularly receive supplies from other ships in this sea area. The submarine was on its way back when it got caught in the fishing nets.
