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The submarine incident off Kildin Island was a collision between the US Navy nuclear submarine USS Baton Rouge and the Russian Navy nuclear submarine B-276 Kostroma near the Russian naval base of Severomorsk on 11 February 1992. The incident occurred while the US unit was engaged in a covert mission, apparently aimed at intercepting Russian ...
Tensions between the United States and Russia have increased since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The official said Russian naval activity had ratcheted up because of U.S. support for Ukraine.
The U.S. Navy deployed warships and aircraft to track a Russian naval flotilla after the Russian vessels sailed just 26 nautical miles off of South Florida’s coast on Tuesday.
The mission of Baton Rouge was reportedly the recovery or delivery of intelligence-monitoring devices on the seabed. [4] The American press claimed that the submarine was checking wireless traffic between Russian bases, [5] but the Russians and independent sources asserted that the two units were engaged in a 'cat-and-mouse game'. [6] [7] [8]
The U.S. has been tracking Russian warships and aircraft that are expected to arrive in the Caribbean for a military exercise in the coming weeks, in a Russian show of force as tensions rise over ...
She is part of the Russian Northern Fleet. On 11 February 1992, Kostroma - then still named K-276 Crab - while undergoing combat training in the Barents Sea, collided with USS Baton Rouge (some sources state it was K-239 Carp that collided with Baton Rouge). Baton Rouge was damaged (as was Crab) and was eventually deactivated in 1993.
K-276 Kostroma was put into a drydock after its 11 February 1992 collision with the US submarine Baton Rouge in the Barents Sea, off Kildin Island. [4] [5] The submarine was repaired on 3 June 1992 and was renamed Krab on 6 April 1993, but in 1996 its original name Kostroma was restored.
Ukraine continues to strike Crimea a day after striking Russia’s Black Sea Fleet headquarters. 14:15, Nick Ferris. Ukraine launched another missile attack on Sevastopol in occupied Crimea on ...