Looks like a LA class, and that's one mean bump it has
Magnifying the pic, the outer casing in front, looks pushed in and out to the left, and there's a bulge round where the 'docky' is standing.
I'd say this sub rammed or collided (on portside) something at speed. It must have been a surface collision else it would have sunk (or the crew were A1 on disaster reponse)
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here is a link.... http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIP...11/ltm.03.html
here is a better link~http://www.bellona.no/en/36895.html
My firends, that is the USS San Francisco (SSN-711). Here's a couple of links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_San..._%28SSN-711%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_s...nts_since_2000