Overview

• The USS Virginia, a US Navy nuclear-powered submarine, became entangled in a fishing net while off the coast of Tromsø, Norway.
• Norwegian fishermen from the boat Øygutt were on a routine expedition when their net caught the submarine's propeller.
• The incident resulted in the net being dragged over two nautical miles and ultimately lost to the sea floor.
• The Norwegian Coast Guard assisted in freeing the submarine from the net, but the net could not be retrieved.
• Fisherman Harald Engen reported a financial loss of approximately 50,000 Norwegian Kroner due to the incident.