Which ship was the first to be attacked by a nuclear submarine?
ARA General Belgrano was an Argentinian Navy light cruiser in service from 1951 until 1982.
Previously named USS Phoenix, she saw action in the Pacific theatre of World War II before being sold to Argentina. The vessel was the second to have been named after the Argentine founding father Manuel Belgrano (1770–1820). The first vessel was a 7,069-ton armoured cruiser completed in 1899.
She is the only ship ever to have been sunk during military operations by a nuclear-powered submarine and the second sunk in action by any type of submarine since World War II, the first being the Indian frigate INS Khukri by the Pakistani Submarine PNS Hangor during the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War.
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Evelyn Forbes
I thought it was the Hood!
Joyce Belcher Wright
Totally missed this one. Love the questions they make you think.
Dionysus Michael Armstrong
She was the only warship still in active service that was present at Pearl Harbor as the USS Phoenix on 7 December,1941. First ship that ever sank as a result of hostilities by an atomic submarine. From what I have read the Cruiser sank like a stone after being hit by at least one and perhaps two torpedoes. It was not a good day for Argentine Sailors. Her Majesty's Navy also lost several ships later on as a result of a Super Etendard delivering an Exocet III missile, Also some A-4 Skyhawks used conventional ordinance dropped at mast top height causing some of the bombs to not have enough time to arm themselves. One ship sank from the damage caused by the sheer weight of the unexploded bomb passing thru her hull. Hell of a price paid by all involved. Hard to believe hat a certain unamed candidate for President cozied up to Pres. Cristina Kirchner as our Secretary of State and casually said, "perhaps its time to open discussion of the Malvinas". What country has been a closer friend to the USA than the United Kingdom? I guess we already let them know our feelings when our current Fearless Leader tossed the statue of Winston Churchill out of the White House and into the recycling bin.