USS Miami....deactivated

But imagine all the votes you can buy with all that money... Food stamps, unemployment benefits, obamaphones, etc
 
Why are they towing it all the way to the west coast to be cut up? There aren't any yards close by to do the job?

Bob
 
They're doing the same with The USS Enterprise. De-fueling here in Newport News, then towing her to the West Coast to scrap.
 
we would have the money to repair it if the empty suit and his family cut out a few vacations
 
That was a very serious fire and the repair costs were almost 1/2 the cost of a new sub.
 
Actually it's hard to believe they are doing this for financial reasons. That's never stopped the military before. The original 450 million is now 700 million and that's still likely half of the real value of repair. I hope the idiot who lit the fire is happy.
 
17 years in jail.. What a joke. He should have been hung for treason,

700 millions is probably less than the obamas personal annual travel budget.... It s all about priorities.
 
I agree he should at least have gotten life.

As to why the West Coast it goes to the highest bidder for the scrap. The west coast bids higher for the scraap because guess where that scrap goes?
 
Hopefully it doesn't come back like it did in the past.

+1 on the treason.
 
Well we could talk about why the price of new boats is so high, but then we would have to get into the major component of new boats, resin which comes from oil then we could ask why the price oil is so high as to affect resin. Or we could ask why this lake or that river is so low, but then we would have to get into a public policy discussion of the who and why of management of water resources. You see rtribble, the nothing and I mean nothing anymore is not the result of our governance anymore. I am not the one who wants it that way but I know who does.
 
Here we go, can't have a conversation about much of anything without some here throwing the "NBR" card.
 
It's the new method of speech police, Greg. People who worry about where the conversation might lead, worry that when it arrives at it's destination, it will be a conclusion...they don't like.
 
Must really suck to be the CO. Your one shot at command and you never make it out of dry dock.
 
Back in the mid 90s, the Admiral and I were out for a Sunday drive and ended up at Port Everglades. We lived in Jupiter then. We drove around behind the parking garage, areas you can't get into since 911, and got out to walk along the bulkhead.

We saw a sub tied up and we were looking at it from about 50 feet when a young, looked like he lied about being 18, sailor carrying an M16 walked up to us. We figured we were in serious trouble for getting too close, but this young sailor very politely asked if we would like a tour of "his" boat.

We of course, jumped at the chance and it was the MIAMI. We went through the torpedo room, ward room, mess/galley and control room. It was fascinating and my Admiral still has a hard time believing that American sailors can live and work in such incredibly cramped conditions.

She has a HUGE respect for them and she is heartbroken the "our" submarine is lost, especially in such a total BS fashion. We will always have fond memories of that boat and her crew.
 
LOL . . . .can't stir enough **** down in NBR so I see it still has to come up here. My bad, came here twice in the same month.
 
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