Random Thought, RI's Russian Sub

How is it that a Russian Submarine, Juliett 484, aka K-77 or more commonly known as the one used in the movie K-19, The Widowmaker, came to sink in Rhode Island of all places?
I know that you'd expect it to have sunk in some secret cold war scenario somewhere, but nope, it sank in an April 2007 rain storm. Yes a rain storm, not a hurricane that Rhode Island is prone to, not a blizzard like the one in 1978 that crippled the state for a week, but a simple early spring rain storm.
I find it ironic that this submarine, and all it's Russian naval glory, sank in Rhode Island. I drove by it last night, for the umpteenth time, and every time I do, I think the same thing. "Who would have thought that a vessel that is made to stay underwater for weeks, if not months at a time could actually sink?"
I know that the storm wasn't a typical early spring storm and that a variety of factors came into play, like an easterly wind, higher tides, and the hurricane barrier being closed, but didn't it encounter worse while at sea? I mean the ship was launched in 1965 so you know that it had to have seen it's fair share of inclement weather. So why a spring storm in RI?
Check out the official site: http://www.juliett484.org/juliett/index.html


***UPDATE***
A year ago today: JUNE 18, 2008
Juliett 484 was once a movie star, captained by Harrison Ford in an action film. Before that, it was a feared piece of the Soviet nuclear arsenal and a large player in any doomsday scenario. Even in its dotage, as a museum boat in Providence Harbor, it was a destination for tour groups and military buffs. Now, Juliett 484, a Soviet-era ballistic-missile submarine, is still stuck in the mud on the bottom of Providence harbor, flooded and rusting inside, and home to plants, crabs, and the few fish hardy enough to live in Providence's murky waters. The sub sank in April 2007 in a severe storm, and now rests on its side in 35 feet of water just off Collier Point Park. A team of Army and Navy salvage divers are to pull the sunken Juliett 484 upright using heavy machinery.