A testament to American naval engineering...
The forward end of a sub is a huge tank that houses the ship's sonar arrays. It must've acted like a water bumper, protecting the pressure hull.
Perhaps. But also recall this is something that was moving at close to 40mph, weighing 6925t coming to a dead stop in seconds. That's a lot the superstructure has to absorb. Also, judging by the damage, it looks like most of the impact was along the upper side of the "nose."
Damon.
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