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Fire-damaged U.S. nuclear submarine USS Miami - $400,000,000 repair estimate
2012-06-08
Posted by:Water Modem

#5  I'll go on record saying to scrap it and put the 400 million to other navy work. The senators from Maine want to repair it. I wonder why?
Posted by: Penguin   2012-06-08 22:13  

#4  Uh, uh, "SIGHTED VACUUM CLEANER, SANK SELF", AND IN DRYDOCK NO LESS???

gut nuthin.

Not sure iff to consider this as Comedy, or Tragedy.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-06-08 20:06  

#3  There are still only two kinds of ships AT SEA!
1) Submarines
2) Targets

Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2012-06-08 18:15  

#2  Yeah, but a lousy vacuum cleaner in a naval shipyard can still burn them to the bottom of the hull.
Shipyard and insurers should pay dearly!
Posted by: Water Modem   2012-06-08 14:07  

#1  These are a bit more expensive but they don't need to submerge to go undetected. Problem is we'll be borrowing money from the Chicoms so we can send these bad boys to patrol the coast of China.

Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2012-06-08 11:42  

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