Also in 1983 the Canadian submarine HMCS Okanagan reached within a kilometre of the USS Kitty Hawk and prepped itself for torpedo launch before sneaking away unnoticed through the carriers destroyer escort screen.
In 1996 the Canadian submarine HMCS Onandaga also beat the USS Hartford, a nuclear submarine 30 years younger largely according to its commander because his crew had been together for two years and was well trained while US submarines had a 25% annual crew turnover and 50% over two years. The HMCS Onandaga beat the USS Hartford 6 out of 7 times in exercises according to the Canadian submarine commander, and lost once because he started to get complacent about the American not picking him up during a snorkling procedure.
Closer to current times during NATO exercise 99FEX the Dutch submarine Walrus launched two successful simulated attacks on the USS Theodore Roosevelt, as well sinking its escorts and a nuclear submarine and sneaked away undamaged. The crew of the Walrus even had T-shirts printed with a walrus impaling the Roosevelt.
Last edited by RN7; 06-21-2013 at 08:20 AM.
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