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In 1984, during a period of Cold War tension, a Soviet submarine collided with the United

States aircraft carrier. Here's the Historyided with the United States aircraft carrier.

Here's the history guy with the story of the USS Kitty Hawk collision.

It was March 21st, 1984, and the supercarrier USS Kitty Hawk was in the Sea of Japan.

Commissioned in April of 1961, Kitty Hawk was the first of a class of three so-called supercarriers,

upgraded versions of the previous forestall class.

Capable of carrying 85 aircraft and with a crew complement of 5,624 officers and men,

the Kitty Hawk had served throughout the Vietnam War and continued serving in the Western Pacific.

She had been sent to the Sea of Japan in

March to participate in Team Spirit exercises. Team Spirit was a joint exercise of the United States

and the Republic of Korea, held annually from 1976 to 1993. The exercise was designed to evaluate

and improve the interoperability of the ROK and U.S. forces.

The operation, so close to the Soviet Far East, attracted the attention of the Soviet military.

Kitty Hawk reported that over the course of the exercise, the carrier and its escorts came in

contact with 43 Soviet aircraft, six Soviet surface elements, and one Soviet submarine.

The submarine was the Victor-class submarine K-314.

Designated Project 671 or Scorpion fish by the Soviet Navy and given the NATO designation

Victor-Wan, the Victor-class was a series of nuclear-powered attack submarines designed to counter

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