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Submarine got tangled up in nets

A Norwegian fishing boat was involved in an incident with the USS 'Virginia' on Nov 11, 2024. The 32-foot fishing boat was on its way back to harbour in the northerly region of Troms, when it discovered that a submarine had got tangled in its nets. The fishermen had just emptied the nets and put them out again and were on our way back to port when they received a radio call from the Coastguard, which explained that the submarine had dragged the nets two nautical miles out to sea, where they were eventually cut off. The losses were estimated to be around 40,000 Norwegian Crowns (£2,800). The US embassy in Oslo later confirmed that the USS 'Virginia' got tangled up in the nets after making a scheduled stop at a harbour near Tromsø. The fishing net got sucked into the submarine’s propellers and had to be cut out by an escort vessel provided by the Norwegian Coastguard.