US submarine, vessel collide in Strait of Hormuz

DUBAI: A nuclear-powered US submarine and another US vessel collided on Friday in the Strait of Hormuz but there was no damage to the atomic propulsion unit, the US Navy said.

Fifteen sailors were slightly injured in the collision between the submarine USS Hartford and an amphibious vessel, USS New Orleans, it said in a statement.

"There is no damage to the nuclear propulsion plant of the Hartford," US Fifth Fleet spokesman Lieutenant Nathan Christensen told Reuters.