Recently, a Norwegian fishing boat less than a meter in length "caught" a US nuclear-powered attack submarine, resulting in a loss of approximately one million Norwegian kroner (equivalent to about 700,000 yuan). What was supposed to be a "catch" turned into a "disaster."

A fishing net got entangled in the propeller, and a US nuclear submarine was "caught" by a Norwegian fishing boat. Recently, according to multiple media reports including The Daily Telegraph, a fishing boat, approximately 100 feet long (about 30 meters), was returning to the northern Norwegian port of Tromsø when it discovered that the fishing nets it had set had "caught" a submarine. Captain Harald Nygård told the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation that after they had emptied the nets and set them again, they received a radio call from the coast guard on their way back to the port. It turned out that the US Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, about 377 feet long (about 115 meters) and with a displacement of 7,800 tons, had dragged the fishing nets set by the Norwegian fishing boat two nautical miles away. The fishing net got entangled in the submarine's propeller, and eventually, the coast guard had to help cut the net.

Some media reported that Captain Engen was transporting flounder to a village on the west coast of Norway when this unexpected "catch" not only made him work for nothing that day but also cost him money out of pocket. Engen estimated that the loss of the fishing net was around 10,000 Norwegian kroner (approximately 70,000 RMB), about twice the income from the flounder he caught that day. Engen lamented, "I've heard of ships getting tangled in fishing nets, but no one has ever heard of a submarine getting caught in one."

The US military has stated that it will compensate fishermen for the destroyed fishing nets, but the process must follow the regulations. Subsequently, the US Embassy in Oslo confirmed that the nuclear-powered attack submarine "Virginia" became entangled in fishing nets after docking as planned near a port in Tromsø. According to a report by "Business Insider," spokesperson Pearson Hawkins of the US Sixth Fleet confirmed the basic details of the incident to the media but declined to identify the specific submarine involved. Hawkins stated that no one was injured in the incident and that the investigation into the cause is still ongoing. The Norwegian military has not yet responded to the media's request for comment. Other media reports also mentioned that both the Norwegian Coast Guard and the US military have indicated that fishermen will receive compensation for the destroyed nets, but Hawkins also noted that the compensation must follow the regulations.

The Daily Telegraph pointed out that in the year, Norway agreed to allow US nuclear-powered submarines to use a civilian port near Tromsø for crew rotation and resupply. At that time, residents were concerned that warships might disrupt civilian infrastructure, and some residents protested against the use of civilian ports by nuclear-powered vessels.