January 8 2005, Los Angeles-class nuclear submarine USS San Francisco collides with an undersea mountain while sailing at 525 feet underwater, leaving 1 dead and 98 injured and almost causing the loss of the boat, after damage to the forward ballast tanks made surfacing initially impossible.
On the 10th of October 2008 she successfully returned to service after extensive repairs, which involved the replacement of her bow section with that of her sister ship USS Honolulu, which was scheduled for refueling her nuclear reactor, where the navy opted to decommission her in favor of the recently refueled San Francisco, given the 180 million dollars price tag for the refueling, vs the 70 million dollars repair work.
San Francisco was eventually decommissioned on 2022, after 31 years in service.
