From: Jeff Shultz 

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 05:35:25 -0500, Tony Ingenoso wrote:

> Somewhere I read it was arounf 400' or so.  Nowhere near
"deep", but deep
> enough...
>
> Pretty clear it was a somewhat glancing blow on the port side from the
> pics. We should decommission it and use it as a hanger queen for spare
> parts to keep the rest running a while longer.  I'd rather buy a new Kilo
> from the Russians that than repair it.  We got nothing that can handle the
> gulf properly.
>
They don't need it as a hanger queen - LA's were being decommissioned when
they came in for their next fueling a few years ago. Led to the odd case of
some Sturgeon class subs, who fueled right before the decision to cut the
force, outlasting their "replacements."

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