• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

Fire on nuke sub set deliberately.

techs

techs

Lifer
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/24/casey-james-fury-set-fire-navy-submarines_n_1697570.html

Casey James Fury Set Fire To Navy Submarine To Get Out Of Work Early

PORTLAND, Maine -- Navy investigators have determined that a civilian laborer set a fire that caused $400 million in damage to a nuclear-powered submarine because he had anxiety and wanted to get out of work early.

Casey James Fury of Portsmouth, N.H., faces up to life in prison if convicted of two counts of arson in the fire aboard the USS Miami attack submarine while it was in dry dock May 23 and a second blaze outside the sub on June 16.

The 24-year-old Casey was taking medications for anxiety and depression and told investigators he set the fires so he could get out of work, according a seven-page affidavit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Portland.

Fury made his first court appearance Monday afternoon but did not enter a plea.
 
Anxiety/depression pills?

Before I say this, let me just say that I Understand that there is a VERY VERY VERY small percentage of people that REALLY need Anxiety/Depression pills. But there is no way in HELL that the amount of people that actually take them really need them (pharma profits in the particular sector tell me the story).

Anxiety/depression is part of life. Deal with it!!!

Without even getting into the fact that these pills will do some major damage to your body/mind and in the end give you more health problems...

I'm sure this guy will sue pharma for ALL the wrong reasons. 🙂
 
Last edited:
In England I believe that Arson in Royal Dockwyards was technically the country's last capital crime, and theoretically you could be hanged for it until the 1990s.
 
Udgnim said:
did they have to replace the entire sub?
Click to expand...

A Los Angeles class nuclear submarine is 360 feet long, and contains a nuclear reactor and a gazillion moving parts. They cost just shy of a billion dollars to build in 1990.

The latest Virginia class subs are over $2BN apiece.

Building a 360 foot bridge would probably cost $400M, and those don't have to move.
 
Rumor has it, they might turn the boat into a training platform for future sailors. I would not want to go underway on a boat that had a massive fire on it.. would you?
 
I believe a trip to the Charlestown Navy Yard for a public keelhauling then hanging from the yardarm of the USS Constitution is in order.
 
z1ggy said:
Rumor has it, they might turn the boat into a training platform for future sailors. I would not want to go underway on a boat that had a massive fire on it.. would you?
Click to expand...

They obviously put out the fire first. And then repair/replace anything that was damaged. And then because it's a military ship, they test the living daylights out of everything.

Example: USS Forrestal: Commissioned in '55, massive fire in '67, decommissioned in '93.
 
dave_the_nerd said:
They obviously put out the fire first. And then repair/replace anything that was damaged. And then because it's a military ship, they test the living daylights out of everything.

Example: USS Forrestal: Commissioned in '55, massive fire in '67, decommissioned in '93.
Click to expand...

I can't remember, did the Iowa sail after its massive explosion in '88? Or did they decide to scrap it then, as a lot of battleships were being decommissioned anyways. I wonder what the repair costs were/would have been.
 
Last edited:
Train said:
I can't remember, did the Iowa sail after its massive explosion in '88? Or did they decide to scrap it then, as a lot of battleships were being decommissioned anyways. I wonder what the repair costs were/would have been.
Click to expand...
I'm pretty sure it went back to sea with the busted turret. It looked like an ad for Enzyte.
 
techs said:
I'm pretty sure it went back to sea with the busted turret. It looked like an ad for Enzyte.
Click to expand...

the wikipedia page was pretty light on repair info, but says the explosion was on April 19 1989, and was decommissioned October 26, 1990, only 6 months later. Did it actually do any real sailing after the explosion? Or just hang out in port until it was done?

Further down this part was interesting:

Section 1011 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 1996 required the United States Navy to reinstate to the Naval Vessel Register two of the Iowa-class battleships that had been struck by the Navy in 1995; these ships were to be maintained in the United States Navy reserve fleets (or "mothball fleet"). The Navy was to ensure that both of the reinstated battleships were in good condition and could be reactivated for use in the Marine Corps' amphibious operations.[50] Due to Iowa’s damaged turret, the Navy selected New Jersey for placement into the mothball fleet, even though the training mechanisms on New Jersey's 16-inch (406 mm) guns had been welded down. The cost to fix New Jersey was considered less than the cost to fix Iowa;[20] as a result, New Jersey and Wisconsin were reinstated to the Naval Vessel Register and placed back in the reserve fleet
Click to expand...
 
z1ggy said:
I would not want to go underway on a boat that had a massive fire on it.. would you?
Click to expand...

I would think the Navy would have some knowledge on how to repair a ship or deal with damage. I mean - the whole idea is that they would go in harms way and might get damaged...
 
220px-IowaBlackenedTurret.jpg
 
dave_the_nerd said:
They obviously put out the fire first. And then repair/replace anything that was damaged. And then because it's a military ship, they test the living daylights out of everything.

Example: USS Forrestal: Commissioned in '55, massive fire in '67, decommissioned in '93.
Click to expand...

lol, Well no crap they put the fire out dude. And honestly, it depends on the cost. If it will cost more to fix the thing up to make it sea worthy again, they won't, and it will be turned into a training platform for sailors.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top