Hawaii-based US Navy sub damaged in Persian Gulf

Published January 11, 2013 12:33am ET



HONOLULU (AP) — A Pearl Harbor-based submarine was damaged early Thursday when one of its periscopes struck an unidentified vessel in the Persian Gulf, the U.S. Navy said Thursday.

U.S. Naval Forces Central Command said in a statement that no one was hurt in the pre-dawn incident Thursday involving the nuclear-powered USS Jacksonville.

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