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Reply With QuoteDoes the the bowectomy transplanted onto another sub really make cents $$$ ?Originally Posted by ChrisV71
THe US Navy has a history with surface ships tranplanting bows.... but boats that plunge deep into the green water..... hmmmm.
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Navy: Vacuum cleaner source of $400M Miami fire
By Charles Hoskinson - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Jun 6, 2012 17:47:00 EDT
The May 23 fire that gutted the fore end of the attack submarine Miami started in a vacuum cleaner used by drydock workers to clean their worksites and stored in an unoccupied space, the Navy said Wednesday.
The fire, which burned for nearly 10 hours, caused damage that will take at least $400 million to fix, said Deb White, spokeswoman for the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. The 22-year-old sub was about two months into a scheduled 18-month engineering overhaul at the shipyard.
“Specific details as to the cause and subsequent damage assessment are still being evaluated as part of on-going investigations and will be released at a later date,” White said in a statement.
Navy officials said the fire did not endanger the sub’s nuclear reactor. But the damage was so extensive that officials are considering whether to decommission the Miami, making it the first submarine and the first nuclear ship lost through a U.S. shipyard accident. The sub is currently scheduled to be decommissioned in 2020.
The loss of the Miami would be a blow to the Navy’s submarine fleet at a time when the service’s plans to slow construction of new attack boats has come under fire from some in Congress. The Navy’s latest budget request calls for nine of the newer Virginia-class attack subs over the next five years instead of 10. Adding that vessel back into the plan would cost about $2 billion.
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Does the the bowectomy transplanted onto another sub really make cents $$$ ?
THe US Navy has a history with surface ships tranplanting bows.... but boats that plunge deep into the green water..... hmmmm.
And the other shoe drops. It was arson.
Worker charged with arson in Maine sub fire
By CLARKE CANFIELD | Associated Press
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A civilian employee set a fire that caused $400 million in damage to a Navy submarine because he was suffering from anxiety and wanted to get out of work early, Navy investigators said in a complaint filed Monday.
Casey James Fury, 24, of Portsmouth, N.H., faces up to life in prison if convicted on two counts of arson for allegedly setting fire to the USS Miami nuclear-powered attack submarine while it was in dry dock on May 23, and setting a second fire outside the sub on June 16.
Fury was taking multiple medications for anxiety and depression, and told investigators he set the fires so he could get out of work, according a 7-page affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in Portland on Monday.
Fury, who was working on the sub as a painter and sandblaster, initially denied starting the fires, but eventually acknowledged his involvement, the affidavit reads. He admitted to setting the May 23 fire, which caused an estimated $400 million in damage, while taking a polygraph test and being told by the examiner he wasn't being truthful.
"The reason he set the fire was in order to get out of work," the affidavit reads. "Fury further explained to (the examiner) that he had failed to admit his involvement...because he was scared and because everything was blurry to him and his memory was impacted due to his anxiety and the medication he was taking at the time."
The Miami was in dry dock at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, for an overhaul when the fire broke out May 23, damaging the torpedo room and command area inside the sub's forward compartment. It took more than 12 hours to extinguish the fire.
A second fire was reported June 16 on the dry dock cradle on which the Miami rests, but there was no damage or injuries.
Fury denied involvement in the fires when he was interviewed the day after the first fire and two days after the second fire, according to the affidavit from NCIS agent Jeremy Gauthier.
At a follow-up interview last Wednesday, Fury told Gauthier he set the second fire after getting anxious over a text conversation with an ex-girlfriend about a man she had started seeing, according to the affidavit. Fury described how he wanted to leave work early, so he took some alcohol wipes and set them on fire outside the submarine.
Fury eventually admitted to setting the May 23 fire after agreeing to take a polygraph examination on Friday. When the polygraph examiner told Fury he wasn't being truthful in denying his involvement in the fire, Fury admitted he had caused the fire, the affidavit said.
Fury told Timothy Bailey, the polygraph examiner and a NCIS agent, that "his anxiety started getting really bad" so he grabbed his cigarettes and a lighter, walked up to a bunk room and set fire to some rags that were on the top bunk before returning to work.
The Navy originally said the fire started when an industrial vacuum cleaner sucked up a heat source that ignited debris inside the vacuum.
Fury told Gauthier that he was taking three medications for anxiety, depression and sleep, and a fourth for allergies. He checked himself into an in-patient mental health facility on June 21 and checked himself out two days later, the affidavit reads.
If convicted of either charge, Fury could face life imprisonment and a fine of up to $250,000 and be ordered to pay restitution, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. Fury was scheduled to make his initial court appearance Monday afternoon.
Federal Public Defender David Beneman, who represents Fury, declined to comment. Link
Among the community of nations, Pakistan today stands out on one hand as a petty thug brandishing a dangerous weapon, and at other times as a concubine, sleeping with anyone willing to pay for her expensive tastes. ~ Tarek Fatah
Turns out the guy just didn't want to miss happy hour.
Sub fire suspect was arrested for alleged DWI
The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Jul 27, 2012 12:45:00 EDT
DOVER, N.H. — A man charged in the submarine fire at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard was arrested for allegedly driving while intoxicated last month.
The Portsmouth Herald said Friday that 24-year-old Casey James Fury was arrested for allegedly driving while intoxicated and striking a parked car while in the midst of an investigation into his ties to a fire on the nuclear submarine USS Miami.
Fury was arrested by Dover police on June 14 after a patrol officer observed him driving erratically. He was charged with DWI-second offense after an accident.
He was scheduled to be arraigned in Dover District Court on Monday, but was taken into custody by agents with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service on July 20. He's charged with two counts of arson for the submarine fire.
"He admitted to setting the May 23 fire, which caused an estimated $400 million in damage,..... versus .....a fine of up to $250,000 and be ordered to pay restitution, ????
Is the US Navy Self insured against loss of a ship?
There are times when a state instituted slavery is proper for certain individuals and this is one of those times and this asshole deserve to be a slave to the state for rest of his life since we know he can't possibly ever repay $400 million dollars back.
Please be noted that I don't ever condone a person owning somebody. The state is different.
Monkey on his back.......
"Fury denied involvement in the fires when he was interviewed the day after the first fire and two days after the second fire, according to the affidavit from NCIS agent Jeremy Gauthier."
Disgruntle issue with his foreman? A fellow co worker was picking on him ? His mother in law was responsible for his condition..... probably no one answer for starting a fire in submarine!
Long-ish article but the two points I enjoyed the most: They're repairing the sub and that little shit-stain could spend the rest of his worthless life in a federal prison.Navy to repair sub that caught fire in Maine
By David Sharp - The Associated Press
Saturday Aug 18, 2012 10:15:59 EDT
PORTLAND, Maine — The U.S. Navy intends to repair a nuclear-powered attack submarine that was severely damaged by a fire while in dry dock and then return it to the fleet, Navy officials Friday.
While engineering assessments are ongoing, the Navy has decided to repair the USS Miami and is committed to doing so, Navy spokeswoman Lt. Courtney Hillson told The Associated Press.
"Our goal is to return the Miami to the fleet because this makes sense operationally and fiscally," Hillson said.
There had been lingering questions over whether it would make financial sense to repair the 22-year-old submarine, which is based in Groton, Conn. Early estimates put the damage at $400 million.
A former shipyard worker from Portsmouth, N.H., is charged with setting the fire on May 23 while the sub was in dry dock at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, for a 20-month overhaul.
The fire got out of control, and the submarine's steel hull trapped heat, causing superheated smoke and a stubborn fire that took more than 100 firefighters about 12 hours to extinguish.
The fire caused heavy damage to forward compartments including living quarters, a command and control center and the torpedo room but did not reach the back of the submarine, where the nuclear propulsion components are located. Two crew members, three shipyard firefighters and two civilian firefighters were hurt.
The Navy previously requested the reallocation of $220 million for unfunded ship repairs for the current fiscal year, with the understanding that some of it would go to the USS Miami. Additional money would be required to complete the repairs to the Los Angeles-class submarine, officials said.
A Navy official said more information is expected next week.
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine and a member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Committee, said the committee has approved $150 million to begin repairs and she vowed to continue efforts to secure funds to complete the project.
"It will mean so much to the workforce to be able to fix the ship in Kittery," she said in a statement.
The Navy will provide a briefing for congressional staff on the Miami, said U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, a Democrat whose eastern Connecticut district includes the Naval Submarine Base in Groton. Electric Boat, which built the Miami and is based in Groton, likely will be involved along with the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in making the necessary repairs, Courtney said.
"This is not a normal repair and maintenance job," he said. "This is major body work."
Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, said she'll work with other lawmakers and stakeholders to ensure that shipyard workers have "the resources they require to rapidly return the USS Miami to sea."
Last month, the Navy announced its intent to enter into an agreement with Electric Boat for advanced planning for potential repairs that would be performed at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
Some observers had questioned whether the extreme heat damaged the structural integrity of the hull, which must withstand extreme pressure when the sub travels deep underwater.
The Navy said it's confident that the sub can be made seaworthy.
"We will make repairs, which require time, and we will coordinate with engineers and technical experts," Hillson, the Navy spokeswoman, said from the Pentagon. "However, we will do so without putting sailors at risk. The safety of our personnel will continue to be our priority."
The Naval Criminal Investigative Service said shipyard worker Casey James Fury confessed to setting the fire.
Fury, 24, told the NCIS that he set the fire because he was feeling anxiety and wanted to go home but his medical leave had been used up.
Fury, who faces charges that carry a maximum penalty of life in prison, has been ordered held without bail pending trial in U.S. District Court. Link
Among the community of nations, Pakistan today stands out on one hand as a petty thug brandishing a dangerous weapon, and at other times as a concubine, sleeping with anyone willing to pay for her expensive tastes. ~ Tarek Fatah
I'd rather see the sub be decommissioned and cut up.... I don't know a thing about Metallurgy but I wonder what effect the fire had on the hull metal. I remember this welding engineer commenting that he felt a certain BB's hull was so stressed that it could literally shatter if hit or damaged. I've also seen articles where some metallurgists believe that the Titanic's hull metal was bad.
It was very brittle, comparatively speaking, but it was the best that the technology of the time could provide.
As regards Miami, I'm also wondering about her hull. I'm sure they'll be doing a boatload (no pun intended) of metallurgy on her before they go whole-hog on the rebuilding.
Among the community of nations, Pakistan today stands out on one hand as a petty thug brandishing a dangerous weapon, and at other times as a concubine, sleeping with anyone willing to pay for her expensive tastes. ~ Tarek Fatah
I'd hate for him to be in prison when he could instead be doing something useful.
Its Maine. They should use him for catching lobsters.
He can be the bait.
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He'll be a 24 year old male in a Federal prison. Sounds like bait to me.
Looks like they may use parts from the decomissioned USS Memphis (SSN-691) in repairing the fire damaged USS Miami (SSN-755).
Sub to be used for spare parts in Miami repair
Associated Press - 10/2/2012
HARTFORD, Conn. — U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney says the Navy will use a submarine that was recently taken out of commission for spare parts as it repairs a fire-damaged sub at a Maine shipyard.
The Democrat congressman from eastern Connecticut received an update Tuesday on work to repair the USS Miami at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
He said workers from Groton, Conn.-based Electric Boat have been preparing for the rebuilding and the Navy is using the recently decommissioned Memphis for spare parts. The Miami is based at the Navy base in Groton.
The attack sub suffered $450 million in damage in a fire while docked in Kittery, Maine, in May.Courtney received briefings from shipyard employees who said they had not found evidence of hull weakness that might drive up the cost of repairs.
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Starting to sound like "U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, a Democrat whose eastern Connecticut district includes the Naval Submarine Base in Groton." is making the Electric Boat yard the USN version of the USAF Davis -Monthan ???
It makes sense if the parts are interchangeable, but these two aren't necessarily the best of matches.
Memphis is a 688 built in Newport News in 1973-1977
Miami is a 688i built in Groton in 1986-1990
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