A Norwegian fishing crew was surprised this week by the day’s big, rare catch — a U.S. submarine longer than a football field.

The USS Virginia's propellors got tangled in fishing nets off Norway, with a coast guard vessel needing to help cut it loose, per local reports.

A group of Norwegian fishermen found themselves in the headlines after failing to catch some delicious halibut, but instead hauling in an unexpected catch: a slightly less delicious US nuclear-powered attack submarine.

Norwegian fishermen were stunned after they netted a £3.38 billion, 7,800-tonne nuclear submarine - USS Virginia. The young men were fishing in a 10-metre-long boat the Øygutt (Island Boy) in waters just west of Tromsø when they managed to get a catch worth £1,