Submarine incident off Kildin Island

Submarine incident off Kildin Island
Part of Operation Holy Stone

USS Baton Rouge awaiting disposal at Mare Island (1995)
Date11 February 1992
Location
North of Murmansk, Russia
69°38′42″N 33°46′54″E / 69.64500°N 33.78167°E / 69.64500; 33.78167
Result USS Baton Rouge written off
Belligerents
 United States  Russia
Commanders and leaders
Captain Gordon Kremer Cdr. Igor Lokot
Strength
1 Los Angeles-class submarine 1 Sierra-class submarine
Casualties and losses
1 nuclear submarine heavily damaged 1 nuclear submarine damaged
Location within Russia

The submarine incident off Kildin Island was a collision between the US Navy nuclear submarine USS Baton Rouge and the Russian Navy nuclear submarine B-276 Kostroma near the Russian naval base of Severomorsk on 11 February 1992. The incident occurred while the US unit was engaged in a covert mission, apparently aimed at intercepting Russian military communications. Although most sources claim that the American submarine was trailing her Russian counterpart, some authors believe that neither Kostroma nor Baton Rouge had been able to locate each other before the collision.

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