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Wednesday, June 06, 2012
Early Estimate Pegs USS Miami Sub Fire Damage Up To $500 Million
The Navy is telling Congress that the nuclear-powered USS Miami suffered $400 million to $500 million in damages from the impressive fire that injured seven and left the ship a smoldering mass at drydock.
The estimate is being provided at congressional request and is not, we hear, to be considered definitive.
But the Navy is eager to let Congress know the extent of the damage as soon as possible to allow appropriators the chance to build funding into the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) portion of the defense spending bill so the boat can be redeployed as soon as possible.
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