A US Navy nuclear-powered submarine ran into an underwater mountain in 2021. The Bloomberg report cited a Navy statement saying that submarine repair delays are caused by "planning, material availability, and shipyard execution." An HH-60H Sea Hawk helicopter from the Chargers of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 14 flies over the Seawolf-class attack submarine USS Connecticut. An April 2022 declassified Navy report found that the accident was the result of a number of failings, and was entirely preventable. The vessel actually struck a pier in San Diego a few months prior to the South China Sea accident.

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