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Dolphin
April 26, 2018
They were shortly joined by other Sailors of all ranks. A Chief from USS North Dakota (SSN 784) sprinted across the dancefloor waving a North Dakota state flag and cheering, while Sailors from USS Hartford (SSN 768) hoisted a giant stuffed polar bear wearing a Santa hat and clutching a model submarineÃâà...
Sputnik International
April 18, 2018
A video released on YouTube shows the crew of the USS Hartford in the control room as the seven thousand ton nuclear-powered attack submarine pushes through polar ice. The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Hartford (SSN 768) surfaced in the Beaufort Sea, north of the CanadianÃâà...
Popular Mechanics
April 17, 2018
A tense new video shows what it's like in the control room of a seven thousand ton nuclear-powered attack submarine as it breaks through a layer of polar ice. The USS Hartford surfaced in the Beaufort Sea, north of the Canadian mainland, to participate in the U.S. Military's ICEX 2018 exercise.
theday.com
April 13, 2018
Groton — The USS Hartford returned this week from a five-week Navy exercise off Alaska's north coast that tested the submarine's ability to shoot and recover torpedoes beneath Arctic sea ice. "The United States has significant national security and economic interests in the Arctic. The submarine force mustÃâà...
Jalopnik
April 6, 2018
Every couple of years the U.S. Navy conducts a submarine exercise high above the Arctic Circle, known as ICEX. It doesn't just feature submarines lurking underneath the polar ice caps, as creepy as that sounds. The submarines themselves also punch straight through the frozen landscape. This is what itÃâà...
Second Line of Defense
March 28, 2018
The Seawolf-class fast attack submarine USS Connecticut (SSN 22) from Bangor, Washington, the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Hartford (SSN 768) from Groton, Connecticut, and the Royal Navy Trafalgar-class submarine HMS Trenchant (S91) will conduct multiple arctic transits, a NorthÃâà...
Hartford Courant
March 13, 2018
The submarines USS Hartford and USS Connecticut joined forces last week, if only briefly, when they surfaced together through the ice above the Arctic Circle as participants in a naval training exercise designed to measure extreme cold weather battle capabilities of subs and crews. “From a militaryÃâà...
The Maritime Executive
December 31, 1999
Trenchant joined the USS Connecticut and USS Hartford for the ICEX 2018 drills, co-ordinated by the US Navy's Arctic Submarine Laboratory, and broke through the ice at the North Pole five times. The demanding trials are designed to test submariners' skills in operating in the frigid climate of the ArcticÃâà...
Newsweek
December 31, 1999
A newly released video shows a submarine breaking through Arctic ice, outlining not only what's happening outside, but on the inside of the USS Hartford, too. This type of operation has been going on for more than 70 years, but with each new exercise, the U.S. Navy learns more about polar expeditions.
