The fire on the American nuclear submarine arose because of the ignition of the vacuum cleaner

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The fire on the American nuclear submarine arose because of the ignition of the vacuum cleaner

The fire on the American nuclear submarine (NS) Miami, which was being repaired in the dry dock of a military shipyard in Portsmouth (Maine), arose due to the ignition of a vacuum cleaner used by workers.

This was reported by the management of the shipyard after the completion of the preliminary investigation into the causes of the incident that occurred on 23 in May, ITAR-TASS reports.

"According to preliminary data, a fire broke out in a vacuum cleaner that was used to clean the premises of the submarine after each shift," the statement said.

Officially, the US Navy Commission will announce the causes of the incident in two weeks.

The fire on board the Miami lasted ten hours. Several people from the crew and fire brigade suffered, the command and residential compartments were destroyed.

Weapons, including the harpoon anti-ship missiles and Tomahawk cruise missiles, was not on board the submarine at the time of the incident. The nuclear reactor of the boat was inoperative and was not injured.

According to the Pentagon, the repair of Miami, the creation of which 22 a year ago spent about 1 billion dollars, will cost at least 400 million dollars. The command of the Navy has not yet decided whether the boat is to be restored.
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  1. +13
    7 June 2012 11: 03
    It would be funnier to fire a Sneakers vending machine.
    1. Aleksey67
      +9
      7 June 2012 11: 22
      Quote: Kars
      It would be funnier to fire a Sneakers vending machine.

      Andrey, Shhh, the office didn’t fall, machines for selling sneakers and Coca-Cola are being installed on aircraft carriers ... Vacuum cleaners and vibrators, fire extinguishers in tanks, in F-22 “new salon” car air fresheners, but shhh is a secret wassat
      1. +11
        7 June 2012 11: 35
        Quote: Aleksey67
        Andrey, Shhh, the office didn’t fall, machines for selling sneakers and Coca-Cola are being installed on aircraft carriers ... Vacuum cleaners and vibrators, fire extinguishers in tanks, in F-22 “new salon” car air fresheners, but shhh is a secret

        Greetings Alexey good ! This is where Russia is invincible, no vacuum cleaners — just a broom, a mop, a rag, no vibrators — only women for men and women for women, no fresheners — just a fume of good moonshine, or any fire extinguishers — just a bucket, it’s anywhere, anytime it may work, an example of a sledgehammer in the Central Command of the Strategic Missile Forces laughing
        1. Aleksey67
          +6
          7 June 2012 11: 37
          Quote: Tersky
          That's where Russia is invincible, nor any vacuum cleaners, just a mop and a rag

          Golden words drinks
          1. Neighbor
            +2
            7 June 2012 16: 41
            I bet the Chinese vacuum cleaner was !!! laughing wassat
            1. +3
              7 June 2012 18: 59
              The "Buran" vacuum cleaner had a quality mark, it plowed for 25 years without changing the filter and the bookmark worked. Wanted cheaper, it turned out as always!
    2. Bashkaus
      +4
      7 June 2012 12: 04
      state secrets disclose! am
      1. +6
        7 June 2012 12: 14
        Quote: Bashkaus
        disclose the rest

        So we whisper ..... feel
        1. Aleksey67
          +4
          7 June 2012 12: 16
          Quote: Tersky
          So we whisper ...

          And only to his ... feel
    3. nnnnnnnnn
      +2
      7 June 2012 15: 59
      Quote: Kars
      It would be funnier to fire a Sneakers vending machine.

      In vain you laugh in my compartment in 1993, a sailor during a big tidy with a vacuum cleaner almost did the same big trouble. Everything happens on a submarine.
  2. Diesel
    +2
    7 June 2012 11: 04
    More americans vacuum cleaners labeled Made in china lol
  3. David Lynch
    +12
    7 June 2012 11: 09
    Vacuum cleaner crew commander presented to Hero of Russia Star laughing
  4. V world
    +3
    7 June 2012 11: 17
    Probably it was a new type of American military vacuum cleaner for NATO soldiers with an inscription on the lid like: "Suck everything!"
    1. +1
      7 June 2012 19: 02
      As a result of critical suction, not for its intended purpose, the engine overheated, and the bug was from a copper wire.
    2. V world
      -1
      8 June 2012 06: 09
      In the White House, too, the situation somehow heated up when Clinton was sucked!
  5. Nechai
    +3
    7 June 2012 11: 18
    Quote: DavidLynch
    Vacuum cleaner crew commander presented to Hero of Russia Star

    Certain circles in the US Congress are lobbying for the purchase and delivery of these units to ALL Navy submarines.
  6. +5
    7 June 2012 11: 20
    Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Buy Kirby vacuum cleaners.
    1. +3
      7 June 2012 11: 51
      Quote: Alexander Romanov
      Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Buy Kirby Vacuum Cleaners

      Sasha, I don't know about you, but as a true "friend" of America, I decided to provide humanitarian assistance to the US Navy. There are two vacuum cleaners lying in the attic, I'll probably take them out through the Salvation Army and send them. Yes, I’ll just ask to be sure to transmit to the submarines ... wink
      1. +3
        7 June 2012 12: 52
        At our site, one was going to Hollywood, as if invited. Here, through it, all the junk and pass, from me the old iron, well, you never know.
        1. +2
          7 June 2012 12: 59
          Quote: Alexander Romanov
          . Here, through it, all the junk and pass, from me the old iron, well, you never know.

          Well, irons collect dust better than vacuum cleaners .... and even through the brow the parcel will reach faster. How to collect hangs, so that everything is in one hand, and ask the peasants maybe someone has a couple of boilers lying around ... well, maybe the underwater people will indulge in a seagull when and when ...
  7. +1
    7 June 2012 11: 22
    Beauties! because of the apparatus worth 50 bucks - flew into 400 lemons - there would have been more such workers to the American submarines!
  8. +5
    7 June 2012 11: 24
    Interestingly, where did the vaunted fire extinguishing systems go? Even Chinese vacuum cleaners hate Americans. laughing
    1. +3
      7 June 2012 11: 53
      Quote: Steam Train
      Interestingly, where did the vaunted fire extinguishing systems go?

      Sawed ,,,,, fellow
      1. +4
        7 June 2012 12: 17
        In your example, I also decided to send them an old vacuum cleaner. In the evening, parents should find an old Typhoon and an aluminum electric kettle without a whistle. Only probably I will ask that the aircraft carrier get anywhere, or else not all the divers will suffer. drinks laughing
        1. +5
          7 June 2012 13: 02
          Quote: Steam Train
          kettle aluminum without a whistle. T

          Eugene, do not send without a whistle No. !!!, what will they put in their ass in the bitch of a fire? fellow , And ask your neighbors for boilers ... they heat faster, especially without water if Yes ! ..
          1. Aleksey67
            +4
            7 June 2012 13: 09
            Quote: Tersky
            And ask the neighbors for boilers ... we can find a couple ...

            Vit, I will never forget how "boerboilers" were used in the cadet years. A piece of electrical cord with a plug, two horseshoes, are used to knock down the heels on boots so that they do not wear out (blades are possible, but works weaker) and matches with a thread. Matches are inserted between the shoes, tied with threads, wires are screwed to the shoes. and that's it !!!! A 3-liter jar boiled in a minute, although the electricity in the barracks "faded" noticeably. Bank from power already jumped on the table. Savvy!!!
            1. +3
              7 June 2012 13: 36
              Hehh - you are horseshoes - we used door hinges from the entrance doors to the barracks - somehow I caught a school duty officer - his eyes went up on his forehead ...
              1. Aleksey67
                +4
                7 June 2012 13: 39
                Quote: kotdavin4i
                You are horseshoes - we used door hinges from the front doors to the barracks

                You, boiling water on an industrial scale "made"? wassat
                Quote: kotdavin4i
                Somehow, the school duty officer caught - his eyes went up on his forehead ...

                We had a whole security system. Never "burned" winked
                1. +2
                  7 June 2012 13: 46
                  we had a big basin for swimming - we washed it ... we then sawed up a pipe from the heating battery in the washbasin and sawed it off - from the heating system they began to drain boiling water.
                  and as for security - the daily bastard profiled ...
            2. +4
              7 June 2012 14: 17
              Quote: Aleksey67
              as in the cadet years "boerboilers" were used.

              Lesha good how not to remember and not to know, not necessarily horseshoes, the two blades of the famous "Neva" are quite workable !, but they will not work No. , there’s not enough oil in the head, and if there is enough, the entire US electric grid will be scorched by such capacities. wassat .Only in Russia the most severe electric networks in the world, not to mention Chelyabinsk laughing
              1. +4
                7 June 2012 14: 53
                Quote: Tersky
                not to mention Chelyabinsk

                Well you are so about my neighbors smile . There, the legend goes that metallurgists boil tea in crates for transporting molten metal. So even the door hinges are modestly smoked aside laughing Our laboratory assistants warm food in a test bench at super frequencies of sound. Interestingly amers would have enough reasoning? (Microwaves cannot be set, phonite equipment is in the way).
                1. +3
                  7 June 2012 15: 15
                  Quote: Steam Train
                  Well you are so about my neighbors

                  So, on the contrary, to harsh Chelyabinsk peasants, harsh nets for boiling harsh tea in crates laughing !
            3. +3
              7 June 2012 19: 05
              My brother-in-law cooked borscht while serving in the Borzoi, instead of electrodes, two spoons. Everything was fine until the young salted the dish!
  9. +6
    7 June 2012 11: 42
    Elementary non-observance of the safety technique when working with electrical appliances and electrical mechanisms at a complex technogenic facility ... This is seriously ...

    And if it is malevolent and mocking, then personally I will not tear my hair from all parts of the body and sprinkle my head with ash ... Let them burn further, more often and more ... am
    Maybe this statement of mine will seem to some people very incorrect and even intolerant, but I said what I really think about this matter. And honesty is the best policy! .. bully
  10. Kolchak
    +2
    7 June 2012 11: 46
    here's a vacuum cleaner on the ship .....
    It is necessary to use the "machine"! and there will be no fires!
    1. +5
      7 June 2012 14: 35
      Quote: Kolchak
      It is necessary to use the "machine"! and there will be no fires!

      They cannot use "cars", because they have the wrong Johns, and instead of "cars" they use each other. wink Here in Russia they can, because our Ivans are correct and they use "mashiks" for their intended purpose ... fellow
  11. +3
    7 June 2012 12: 51
    God forbid they find in this vacuum cleaner parts from Syria or Iran, that's all ...
    war immediately!
  12. teplal
    +3
    7 June 2012 13: 07
    I humbly want to note that the vacuum cleaner is industrial. It will light up, it will not seem enough ... But by the way, burn with a blue flame, if only not with us!
  13. +4
    7 June 2012 14: 06
    I do not believe. The fire, most likely, appeared due to the fact that two homosexuals turned out to be on duty, who, having indulged in love joys, completely forgot about the dildo that was on charge. love
  14. Nechai
    +7
    7 June 2012 15: 22
    Quote: Aleksey67
    Bank of power already jumped on the table. Savvy!!!

    Quote: Steam Train
    Interestingly amers would have enough reasoning?

    Soobrazalka, ingenuity, a bastard, this invention these terms are untranslatable for Anglo-Saxons. For analogues are not only in their poor language, but in their boring life they have none ...
    Alexey, here you are writing about a can with a self-made boiler (oh, in winter, from a guard or after Paul - Tchaikovsky for three !!! good We lived in the 4th year room for the second time), and yet, in the same West Point, this is basically IMPOSSIBLE. And not because they have various vending machines there issuing again various drinks. Everything is simpler - the initiator of the creation and use of a self-made boiler, right there will RETRIEVE all those present and who learned about it. Traditions
    1. Aleksey67
      +1
      7 June 2012 15: 26
      Quote: Nechai
      Everything is simpler - the initiator of the creation and use of a self-made boiler, right there will RETRIEVE all those present and who learned about it. Traditions

      Valera, you subtly noticed good That does not take away from you such nuances to indicate, like everything is in plain sight and you do not notice. You’ll read your comment and the first thought: Damn, but it’s true, as he himself didn’t guess? winked
    2. +2
      7 June 2012 15: 28
      Poor country, poor brains, poor people. But you are right, Valery, they would give each other a moment. A nation of degenerates.
  15. raptorr
    -2
    7 June 2012 16: 23
    Locomotive,
    Toka rules in the world
  16. TekhnarMAF
    0
    7 June 2012 16: 35
    Yes, these "hamburger-eaters" addiction (excessive) to technology and laziness will ruin! And where is the broom, where is the wet rag? In general, Chinese "devices" should not be used on military equipment to ease the "budget."
  17. +1
    7 June 2012 18: 57
    The news is not bad. And then only in our eyes they see a speck. Remember how many screams were about the fire on our submarine. And that everything is asking ... whether, and only with us this is possible, and that everything has collapsed, etc., etc. But no, the nuclear submarines are also burning at the vaunted amers. So everything is fine. Sincerely.
  18. xzWhiteWolf
    +1
    7 June 2012 19: 11
    Honestly - I understand that it’s nonsense, but the impression was that the special services of the USA and Russia exchanged arsons on submarines)) We sucked in a Chinese vacuum cleaner with surprises and they still got something for us) Well, now the Americans will have super safe assembled submarines vacuum cleaners)))

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