USS Greeneville Collision

Date: February 9, 2001 • Location: Honolulu, United States

The American submarine USS Greeneville collided with the Ehime Maru, a Japanese training vessel operated by a high school, sinking the latter ship and killing nine people on board.

USS Greeneville (SSN-772) is a Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarine named after Greeneville, Tennessee. The contract to build the ship was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia, on 14 December 1988, its keel was laid down on 28 February 1992. The submarine was launched on 17 September 1994, sponsored by Tipper Gore, and commissioned on 16 February 1996.