Baku. Konul Jafarli – APA. A US nuclear submarine collided with a merchant ship while operating in the Persian Gulf, the US Fifth Fleet said in a statement, APA reports quoting RIA Novosti.
“No one was hurt when the periscope on USS Jacksonville (SSN 699), a US Navy Los Angeles-class submarine” hit the unidentified vessel around 5 a.m. local time on Thursday, the US Navy said.