A Shipyard Worker Started a Fire on U.S. Navy Nuclear Submarine to ‘Go Home Early’

A Shipyard Worker Started a Fire on U.S. Navy Nuclear Submarine to ‘Go Home Early’

Key Points and Summary – The U.S. nuclear submarine USS Miami was destroyed by a catastrophic fire in 2012 while undergoing an overhaul. The cause was not a technical failure but a bizarre act of arson: a civilian shipyard worker set the blaze simply because he wanted to leave work early. 241204-N-VW723-2064 PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 4, 2024) The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Greeneville (SSN 772) transits the Pacific Ocean while support…