HMAS Farncomb Sinks USS Kilauea

The ex-USS Kilauea, a former ammunition ship and a later staple of the Military Sealift Command for almost 30 years, was sunk earlier this week at the hands of a Australian submarine near Hawaii. Not to worry, however. The ship, along with the USNS Niagara Falls, were sunk as part of a SINKEX (sink exercise) during the 2012 Rim of The Pacific, or RIMPAC, exercise. This years RIMPAC saw representatives from twenty two of the world’s Navies spending their July near the Hawaiian Islands in what is being called the largest international maritime exercise in the world. More than 40 ships and submarines, 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are in attendance. Read more at http://gcaptain.com/australian-sub-sinks-us-navy-ship-practice/