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Thursday, May 31, 2012

Navy 'determined' to return USS Miami to sea Investigation of last week's submarine blaze under way

USS MiamiAs three teams of U.S. Navy investigators prepared to board a nuclear submarine that caught fire at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard last week to assess the damage, senators from Maine and New Hampshire also traveled to the shipyard on Friday to hear about the incident first-hand.

Maine Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe and New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen toured the Kittery facility and spoke with officials from the shipyard and the Navy.

They also spoke with some of the more than 100 firefighters who fought the overnight blaze.

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