USS Miami SSN755 to be Deactivated

CTU_Clay · 08-07-13, 05:55 PM

USS Miami SSN-755 to be Deactivated

Rear Adm. Rick Breckenridge laid out details of the submarine's deactivation in a conference call with reporters a day after the Navy announced plans to scrap instead of repair the Los Angeles-class attack submarine.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/navy-uss-miami-inactivation-wont-195200657.html

Oberon · 08-07-13, 06:09 PM

A pity, but not surprising given the current fiscal situation.

Red October1984 · 08-07-13, 06:39 PM

WHOA WHOA WHOA!

I'll take it if they don't want it...

08-07-13, 08:02 PM

It is the only 688i that's been decomissioned.

Scrapped due to severe damage by a fire.

Originally the Navy reported that the fire started when an industrial vacuum cleaner, used "to clean worksites on the sub after shipyard workers’ shifts," sucked up a heat source that ignited debris inside the vacuum. On 23 July 2012 a civilian employee Casey J. Fury, was charged and confessed to starting the fire in order to "get out of work early". Fury admitted to setting the 23 May fire, having ignited some rags on the top bunk of a bunk room. Fury was sentenced to over 17 years in federal prison and ordered to pay $400 million in restitution.

I s'pose someting like that could happen to a B-2, eh?

Oberon · 08-07-13, 08:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wxman

It is the only 688i that's been decomissioned.

Scrapped due to severe damage by a fire.

Originally the Navy reported that the fire started when an industrial vacuum cleaner, used "to clean worksites on the sub after shipyard workers’ shifts," sucked up a heat source that ignited debris inside the vacuum. On 23 July 2012 a civilian employee Casey J. Fury, was charged and confessed to starting the fire in order to "get out of work early". Fury admitted to setting the 23 May fire, having ignited some rags on the top bunk of a bunk room. Fury was sentenced to over 17 years in federal prison and ordered to pay $400 million in restitution.

I s'pose someting like that could happen to a B-2, eh?

At least when a 688i catches fire it causes $450m of damage rather than $2.2b

08-07-13, 09:23 PM

Yeah, and they'll get their $400 million out of a submarine vacumer guy too, eh?

Onkel Neal · 08-07-13, 10:25 PM

This man cost the Navy a submarine
http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/07/us/nav...html?hpt=hp_t1

I cannot believe they would ever let him out. Make him work off the debt.

Red October1984 · 08-08-13, 12:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

I cannot believe they would ever let him out. Make him work off the debt.

That'd be a llllooooonnnnnggggg time...

What kind of idiot starts a fire on a submarine. Even though it was in port....just think...fire in a metal tube.

WHAT COULD GO WRONG?

Yeah...he "got out of work early" that day...Hope you like Prison.

Kaye T. Bai · 08-08-13, 12:44 AM

Ah, so he was a DoD civilian (or something along those lines). I was wondering why an enlisted man would do that do his own ship. Well, it's a shame, but what can you do? Times is tough, man.

08-08-13, 04:27 PM

Man torches $400 million nuke sub; Navy's budget struggles for air
By Emily Smith, CNN
updated 9:11 AM EDT, Thu August 8, 2013

Quote:

...On Tuesday, the Navy announced that despite the demand for attack submarines being "as strong as ever," the Miami is being inactivated. The reason: Under sequestration, the federal government's forced budget cuts, the Navy simply can't afford to make the repairs.

"The type of damage was unlike anything we'd seen in recent memory," Rear Admiral Richard Breckenridge, director of undersea warfare, said on a Navy Live blog post. "The anticipated scope of work is four times greater than any previous submarine repair due to damage," the post continued...

...Fury also admitted to starting a second fire at the dry dock three weeks later, according to federal court documents. The second fire was started in an area underneath the submarine where Fury was working. In both cases, he told investigators that he started the fires because he was having extreme anxiety and was trying to get out of work, according to federal documents...

...This is the second warship the Navy has lost this year. The USS Guardian, a minesweeper, ran aground on the Tubbataha Reef in the Philippines in January, damaging an estimated 43,000 square feet of the UNESCO World Heritage site. To prevent further damage to the reef, salvagers had to cut it into pieces to lift off. It was struck from the fleet in February.

Glock30Eric · 08-11-13, 12:27 PM

This pisses me off.

I hope USN could remove the classified material on the sub and then to set it up for a museum.

08-07-13, 05:55 PM	#1
CTU_Clay The Lone Wolf Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bellville, TX 77418 Posts: 710 Downloads: 315 Uploads: 0	USS Miami SSN-755 to be Deactivated USS Miami SSN-755 to be Deactivated Rear Adm. Rick Breckenridge laid out details of the submarine's deactivation in a conference call with reporters a day after the Navy announced plans to scrap instead of repair the Los Angeles-class attack submarine. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/navy-uss-miami-inactivation-wont-195200657.html Last edited by CTU_Clay; 08-07-13 at 06:17 PM.

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Red October1984 Airplane Nerd Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 6,241 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	WHOA WHOA WHOA! I'll take it if they don't want it... __________________

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Wxman Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Yeah, and they'll get their $400 million out of a submarine vacumer guy too, eh? Last edited by Wxman; 08-08-13 at 02:01 PM.

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Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,289 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	This man cost the Navy a submarine http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/07/us/nav...html?hpt=hp_t1 I cannot believe they would ever let him out. Make him work off the debt. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

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Glock30Eric Ru$ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Southern Maryland Posts: 75 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	This pisses me off. I hope USN could remove the classified material on the sub and then to set it up for a museum. __________________ Keep calm and carry on.

08-07-13, 06:09 PM	#2
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	A pity, but not surprising given the current fiscal situation.

08-07-13, 08:02 PM	#4
Wxman Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	It is the only 688i that's been decomissioned. Scrapped due to severe damage by a fire. Originally the Navy reported that the fire started when an industrial vacuum cleaner, used "to clean worksites on the sub after shipyard workers’ shifts," sucked up a heat source that ignited debris inside the vacuum. On 23 July 2012 a civilian employee Casey J. Fury, was charged and confessed to starting the fire in order to "get out of work early". Fury admitted to setting the 23 May fire, having ignited some rags on the top bunk of a bunk room. Fury was sentenced to over 17 years in federal prison and ordered to pay $400 million in restitution. I s'pose someting like that could happen to a B-2, eh?

08-08-13, 12:44 AM	#9
Kaye T. Bai Samurai Navy Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Western Hemisphere, Earth, Milky Way Galaxy, Local Group, Virgo Supercluster Posts: 584 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Ah, so he was a DoD civilian (or something along those lines). I was wondering why an enlisted man would do that do his own ship. Well, it's a shame, but what can you do? Times is tough, man.