Whale watchers aboard a tour boat off Victoria were treated to a rare sight Tuesday.
A military submarine was spotted traversing Canadian waters in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, just off the Race Rocks Ecological Reserve, southwest of the city.
A spokesperson for the Royal Canadian Navy's Maritime Forces Pacific confirms the submarine isn't one of ours, leaving only one likely culprit.
The Americans, however, aren't saying much, as per submarine mission protocol.
"Due to our operational security we are not making comment on any of that," U.S. Navy Lieut. Mack Jamieson told CTV News.
"We're being very selective with any kind of operational information we put out."
Now I think this Ohio class SSGN was in our waters on a clandestine mission: To find the secret recipe on how Canada makes the worlds best Hawaiian Pizza. Rumour has it a USN Seal team was spotted sneaking about Victoria checking out the pizzerias.
Source:
https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/caught-on-camera-not-a-canadian-submarine-spotted-off-victoria-1.4502725