Fire reported on sub at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Source: WGME
KITTERY, Maine (AP) -- A fire has been reported on a nuclear submarine at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
The Portsmouth Fire Department is responding to the fire on the USS Miami SSN 755.
Shipyard public affairs specialist Gary Hildreth says the fire is located in the forward compartment of the ship.
He says emergency personnel are on the scene.
Read more: http://www.wgme.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.me/3044a36d-www.wgme.com.shtml
Kolesar
(31,182 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)SkatmanRoth
(843 posts)Stupid reporter, get it right.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)NutmegYankee
(16,204 posts)It is the only naval vessel I know of that is called a boat routinely.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)Poll_Blind
(23,864 posts)...they keep the...
...winning LOTTO numbers, apparently:
Nuclear Submarines: As safe as sleeping next to broccoli!
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NutmegYankee
(16,204 posts)The fire is inside the forward compartment, what we often call the "people tank".
http://military-weapon.blogspot.com/2011/01/los-angeles-class-submarine-us-navy.html
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Kolesar
(31,182 posts)NutmegYankee
(16,204 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)They carry Tomahawks (and absurdly enough launch them horizontally), but those aren't in the forward bay. Good one, though.
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AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)The Kursk ended up in deep kim chi after a torpedo blew up in that same forward compartment.
IamK
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