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{{short description|Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarine of the US Navy}}
{{other ships|USS Miami}}
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|Ship image=[[File:USS Miami SSN-755.jpg|300px|border|alt=The USS Miami in Port Everglades, Florida in April 2004.]]
|Ship caption=USS ''Miami'' moored to a [[Port Everglades, Florida|Port Everglades]] pier in April 2004.
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|Ship country=United States
|Ship flag={{USN flag}}
|Ship name=''Miami''
|Ship namesake=[[Miami|City of Miami]]
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|Ship launched=12 November 1988
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|Ship homeport=[[Groton, Connecticut|Groton]], [[Connecticut]], U.S.
|Ship identification=SSN-755
|Ship motto= "No Free Rides, Everybody Rows!"
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|Ship status=Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling
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'''USS ''Miami'' (SSN-755)'''
On 1 March 2012, ''Miami'' arrived at the [[Portsmouth Naval Shipyard]] in [[Kittery, Maine]], for a scheduled 20-month Engineered Overhaul (EOH) and system upgrades. On 23 May, a shipyard employee started a fire that spread to crew living, command and control, and torpedo spaces. Repairs were initially estimated to require three years and $450 million, an estimate later revised to a range of $450 million to $700 million.{{fact|date=August 2024}}
On 6 August 2013, Navy officials said that due to [[Budget sequestration in 2013|budget cuts]], the vessel would not be repaired. The submarine was placed on the inactive list,<ref name="MillerHoey1">{{cite news |url=http://www.kjonline.com/news/Navy-abandons-plan-to-fix-nuclear-sub.html |title=Navy abandons plan to fix nuclear sub burned in Maine |first1=Kevin |last1=Miller |first2=Dennis |last2=Hoey |work=Kennebec Journal |date=6 August 2013 |access-date=5 July 2015 |archive-date=12 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812011328/http://www.kjonline.com/news/Navy-abandons-plan-to-fix-nuclear-sub.html |url-status=live }}</ref> then decommissioned on 28 March 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.militarytimes.com/article/20140328/NEWS/303280014/Decommissioning-today-fire-damaged-sub-Miami/ |title=Decommissioning today for fire-damaged sub Miami |publisher=Militarytimes.com |agency=Associated Press |date=28 March 2014 |archive-date=9 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109090404/https://www.militarytimes.com/article/20140328/NEWS/303280014/Decommissioning-today-fire-damaged-sub-Miami/ }}</ref>
==History==
===1999===
''Miami'' became the first submarine to conduct combat operations in two theaters since [[World War II]] ([[Operation Desert Fox]] and [[Operation Allied Force]]). The submarine was featured in [[The Learning Channel]] (TLC) ''Extreme Machine'' episode on "Nuclear Submarines".
===2012 fire===
[[File:120315-N-TT535-040 USS Miami.jpg|thumb|left|upright|''Miami'' enters dry dock at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on 15 March 2012 to begin an engineering overhaul. She was severely damaged by fire two months later.]]
At 5:41 p.m. EDT on 23 May 2012, fire crews were called with a report of a fire on ''Miami'' while she was being overhauled at the [[Portsmouth Naval Shipyard]] in [[Kittery, Maine]]. At the time, the submarine was in the second month of a scheduled 20-month maintenance cycle,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/05/24/fire-put-out-on-nuclear-submarine-off-maine/ |title=Fire Extinguished on Nuclear Submarine in Maine |work=CBS Boston |date=24 May 2012 |access-date=5 July 2015 |archive-date=9 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109090404/http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/05/24/fire-put-out-on-nuclear-submarine-off-maine/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.necn.com/05/23/12/Fire-reported-on-nuclear-powered-submari/landing_newengland.html?blockID=713110&feedID=4206 |title=Fire reported on nuclear-powered submarine at Maine shipyard |publisher=Necn.com |date=23 May 2012 |access-date=2013-02-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911061833/http://www.necn.com/05/23/12/Fire-reported-on-nuclear-powered-submari/landing_newengland.html?blockID=713110&feedID=4206 |archive-date=11 September 2012 }}</ref> indicating that she was undergoing an extensive "Engineering Overhaul".<ref>{{cite web |first=John |last=Pike |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/ssn-688-ero.htm |title=SSN-688 Los Angeles-class Engineered Refueling Overhaul (ERO) |publisher=Globalsecurity.org |date=29 October 2003 |access-date=5 July 2015 |archive-date=29 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429130127/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/ssn-688-ero.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The national media reported that seven firefighters had been injured.<ref>ABC's ''Good Morning America'' 24 May 2012</ref> One crew member suffered broken ribs when he fell through a hole left by removed deck plates during the fire.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Sharp | first=David | title=Nuclear Submarine Fire Sparks Two Navy Probes | journal=[[Portland Press Herald]]| date=10 September 2012}}</ref> It took firefighters 12 hours to extinguish it.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timescolonist.com/cmlink/gmg-glacier-media-group/canadian-press/news/world/navy-drops-plans-to-repair-fire-damaged-submarine-uss-miami-citing-budget-restraints-1.571590/ |last=Sharp |first=David |title=Navy drops plans to repair fire-damaged submarine USS Miami, citing budget restraints |newspaper=Times Colonist |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=6 August 2013 |access-date=2013-02-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030173722/http://www.timescolonist.com/cmlink/gmg-glacier-media-group/canadian-press/news/world/navy-drops-plans-to-repair-fire-damaged-submarine-uss-miami-citing-budget-restraints-1.571590 |archive-date=30 October 2013 }}</ref>
Initially, the U.S. Navy reported that the fire started when an industrial vacuum cleaner used "to clean worksites on the sub after shipyard workers' shifts" sucked up a heat source that ignited debris inside the vacuum. On 23 July 2012, however, civilian painter and sandblaster Casey J. Fury was indicted on two counts of arson after confessing to starting the fire. Fury said he lit rags on a berthing compartment's top bunk so he could get out of work early.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2012/06/29/navy_no_update_on_uss_miami_investigation/|title=Navy: No update on USS Miami investigation|work=boston.com|agency=Associated Press|access-date=5 July 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304222517/http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2012/06/29/navy_no_update_on_uss_miami_investigation/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20120723%2FNEWS%2F120729932%2F-1%2FNEWSMAP |title=Suspect in $400M sub blaze appears in court |last=McMahon |first=Charles |date=23 July 2012 |work=seacoastonline.com |access-date=5 July 2015 |archive-date=11 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411192347/https://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20120723%2FNEWS%2F120729932%2F-1%2FNEWSMAP |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wcvb.com/article/investigators-massive-nuke-sub-fire-was-arson/8172292|title=Man charged in fire on USS Miami|work=wcvb.com|date=23 July 2012|access-date=8 November 2017|archive-date=8 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108204809/http://www.wcvb.com/article/investigators-massive-nuke-sub-fire-was-arson/8172292|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Civilian worker charged with setting both fires aboard, near submarine in Maine shipyard|last=Canfield |first=Clarke |url=http://www.newser.com/article/da06ofmg3/civilian-worker-charged-with-setting-both-fires-aboard-near-submarine-in-maine-shipyard.html | agency=[[Associated Press]] |year=2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723172145/http://www.newser.com/article/da06ofmg3/civilian-worker-charged-with-setting-both-fires-aboard-near-submarine-in-maine-shipyard.html| archive-date=23 July 2012 |access-date=5 July 2015}}</ref> On 15 March 2013, he was sentenced to more than 17 years in federal prison and ordered to pay $400 million in restitution.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/15/justice/maine-submarine-arson-sentence/index.html?iref=obnetwork |title=Shipyard worker sentenced to 17 years for $400 million submarine fire |last=Boyette |first=Chris |work=CNN |date=16 March 2013 |access-date=5 July 2015 |archive-date=8 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108152038/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/15/justice/maine-submarine-arson-sentence/index.html?iref=obnetwork |url-status=live }}</ref> As of May 27, 2025, Fury was incarcerated at [[Federal Correctional Institution, Fort Dix|FCI Fort Dix]] in New Jersey.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://casetext.com/case/united-states-v-fury-3 |title=United States v. Fury, Docket no. 2:12-cr-00186-GZS |agency=United States District Court District of Maine |date=March 31, 2021 |via=casetext.com |accessdate=July 28, 2023 |archive-date=28 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230728103501/https://casetext.com/case/united-states-v-fury-3 |url-status=live }}</ref>
The debate over whether to repair or scrap ''Miami'' lasted more than a year. Within a month of the fire, Maine Senators [[Susan Collins (politician)|Susan Collins]] and [[Olympia Snowe]] advocated repairing the submarine.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.pressherald.com/news/navy-fire-on-nuclear-sub-started-in-vacuum_2012-06-07.html |title=Navy: Fire on nuclear sub started in vacuum cleaner |work=Portland Press Herald |last=Hoey |first=Dennis |date=7 June 2012 |access-date=5 July 2015 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193034/http://www.pressherald.com/news/navy-fire-on-nuclear-sub-started-in-vacuum_2012-06-07.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In July 2012, Navy leaders asked Congress to add $220 million to the operations and maintenance budget for emergent and unfunded ship repairs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theday.com/article/20120720/NWS09/307209962/-1/NWS |title=Links to USS Miami fire explored |work=theday.com |date=20 July 2012 |last=McDermott |first=Jennifer |access-date=5 July 2015 |archive-date=6 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706052800/http://www.theday.com/article/20120720/NWS09/307209962/-1/NWS |url-status=live }}</ref> In August, the Navy decided to repair the boat for an estimated total cost of $450 million.<ref>{{cite web|title=USS Miami Expected Back In Service In 2015|url=http://www.courant.com/business/hc-us-submarine-20120822,0,234505.story|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120824022837/http://www.courant.com/business/hc-us-submarine-20120822,0,234505.story|archive-date=24 August 2012|access-date=2012-08-22|work=Hartford Courant}}</ref> The repair cost was expected to be trimmed by using spare parts from the recently decommissioned {{USS|Memphis|SSN-691|6}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-10-03|title=Parts from retired sub will be used to repair USS Miami|url=https://www.wmur.com/article/parts-from-retired-sub-will-be-used-to-repair-uss-miami/5176881|access-date=2020-07-22|publisher=WMUR|language=en|archive-date=24 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024035329/https://www.wmur.com/article/parts-from-retired-sub-will-be-used-to-repair-uss-miami/5176881|url-status=live}}</ref> and by repairing rather than replacing damaged hull sections, as had been done with another ''Los Angeles''-class boat, {{USS|San Francisco|SSN-711|2}}.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ewing|first=Philip|date=21 October 2008|title=Transplant complete, attack sub floats again|url=http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/10/navy_sub_surgery_102108w/|access-date=5 July 2015|work=NavyTimes}} {{subscription required}}</ref> But both of these approaches proved unworkable with the newer ''Miami.<ref>[http://www.public.navy.mil/subfor/csg2/Pages/USSMemphis(SSN691).aspx] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191226/http://www.public.navy.mil/subfor/csg2/Pages/USSMemphis(SSN691).aspx|date=29 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=2 October 2012|title=Fire and Fixes aboard USS Miami|url=http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/South-Beached-Fire-and-Fixes-aboard-USS-Miami-07539/|access-date=5 July 2015|publisher=Defenseindustrydaily.com|archive-date=8 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708033514/http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/South-Beached-Fire-and-Fixes-aboard-USS-Miami-07539/|url-status=live}}</ref>'' As well, a detailed assessment raised the estimated repair bill to $700 million.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sharp|first=David|date=18 March 2013|title=Navy: Repairs to submarine Miami now uncertain|url=http://www.navytimes.com/news/2013/03/ap-navy-says-submarine-miami-repairs-uncertain-031813/|access-date=5 July 2015|work=NavyTimes}}</ref>
On 6 August 2013, the U.S. Navy announced its intention to decommission ''Miami'', concluding the cost was more than it could afford in a time of [[Budget sequestration in 2013|budget cuts]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://navylive.dodlive.mil/2013/08/07/uss-miami-a-tangible-impact-to-readiness-from-sequestration |title=USS Miami: A Tangible Impact to Readiness from Sequestration |publisher=Navy Live |last=Breckenridge |first=Richard |date=7 August 2013 |access-date=5 July 2015 |archive-date=8 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708014321/http://navylive.dodlive.mil/2013/08/07/uss-miami-a-tangible-impact-to-readiness-from-sequestration/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The sub was officially decommissioned on 28 March 2014, to be disposed of via the nuclear [[Ship-Submarine Recycling Program]].<ref>{{cite web |last=McDermott |first=Jennifer |url=http://www.stripes.com/news/us/fire-stricken-submarine-uss-miami-is-decommissioned-1.275179#.UziilcKRVZI |title=Fire-stricken submarine USS Miami is decommissioned |work=[[The Day (New London)|The Day]] |date=29 March 2014 |publisher=[[Stars and Stripes (newspaper)|Stars and Stripes]] |access-date=5 July 2015 |archive-date=27 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227050110/https://www.stripes.com/news/us/fire-stricken-submarine-uss-miami-is-decommissioned-1.275179#.UziilcKRVZI |url-status=live }}</ref>
==In popular culture==
*USS ''Miami'' is one of two vessels featured in ''[[Submarine (Clancy book)|Submarine: A Guided Tour Inside a Nuclear Warship]]'', a 1993 non-fiction book by [[Tom Clancy]].<ref>{{cite book|title=[[Submarine (Clancy book)|Submarine: A Guided Tour Inside a Nuclear Warship]]|year=1993|isbn=0-425-13873-9|last=Clancy|first=Tom|publisher=Berkley Books }}</ref>
==Gallery==
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File:USS Miami (SSN-755).jpg|Tugboats maneuver ''Miami'' into a berth at [[Port Everglades]], Florida on 17 July 1993.
File:USS Miami (SSN-755) docked.jpg|A bow-on view looking down on ''Miami'' in the auxiliary medium repair dock Shippingport (ARDM-4) during a routine hull inspection at [[Naval Submarine Base New London]]. (16 March 1994)
File:US Navy 040426-N-6268K-026 Sailors aboard the Los Angeles class attack submarine USS Miami (SSN 755), man the rails.jpg|Sailors aboard ''Miami'' man the rails as they prepare to moor at Port Everglades, Florida, [[Fleet Week]]. (26 April 2004)
File:US Navy 040426-N-4518L-003 The Los Angeles class attack submarine USS Miami (SSN 755) prepares to moor at Port Everglades, Fla., for Fleet Week 2004.jpg|''Miami'' moored at Port Everglades, Florida. (26 April 2004)
File:US Navy 071111-N-7090S-016 The Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine USS Miami (SSN 755) surfaces in the North Arabian Sea during an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercise with the Enterprise Carrier Strike Gro.jpg|''Miami'' surfaces in the North [[Arabian Sea]] during an anti-submarine warfare exercise with the [[Carrier Strike Group 12|Enterprise Carrier Strike Group]]. (11 November 2007)
File:US Navy 071113-N-8132M-014 USS Miami (SSN 755) steams through the Arabian Sea accompanied by the USS Enterprise (CVN 65), USNS Supply (T-AOE 6), and USS Gettysburg (CG 64).jpg|''Miami'' steams through the Arabian Sea accompanied by the {{USS|Enterprise|CVN-65}}, {{USNS|Supply|T-AOE-6}}, and {{USS|Gettysburg|CG-64}}. (11 November 2007)
File:US Navy 091202-N-5339S-693 Santa Claus stands with Sailors aboard USS Miami (SSN 755).jpg|Santa Claus stands with sailors aboard ''Miami'' during the submarine's return to Naval Submarine Base New London after an eight-month deployment. (2 December 2009)
File:US Navy 091202-N-2214H-017 Sailors man the rails as USS Miami (SSN 755) transits the Thames River.jpg|Sailors man the rails as the submarine transits the [[Thames River (Connecticut)|Thames River]] en route to Naval Submarine Base New London after an eight-month deployment. (2 December 2009)
File:US Navy 091202-N-2214H-040 Sailors aboard the nuclear submarine Nautilus salute the Sailors aboard the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Miami (SSN 755)..jpg|Sailors aboard the decommissioned nuclear submarine {{USS|Nautilus|SSN-571|2}} salute the sailors aboard ''Miami'' as the boat returns home to Naval Submarine Base New London following an eight-month deployment. (2 December 2009)
File:US Navy 111010-N-ZZ999-005 Rear Adm. Bernt Grimstvedt, chief of the Royal Norwegian Navy, looks through the periscope of the Los Angeles-class subm.jpg|Rear Admiral Bernt Grimstvedt, chief of the Royal Norwegian Navy, looks through the periscope during a port visit to strengthen maritime partnership with Norwegian counterparts. (11 October 2011)
File:US Navy 111215-N-AW342-017 The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Miami (SSN 755) returns home to Submarine Base New London.jpg| ''Miami'' returns home to Submarine Base New London following a five-month deployment conducting operations in the [[United States Sixth Fleet]] area of responsibility. (15 December 2011)
File:US Navy 111215-N-UM744-002 The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Miami (SSN 755) returns home to Submarine Base New London.jpg| ''Miami'' returns home following a five-month deployment. (15 December 2011)
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==External
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*{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=SSN755|title=USS ''Miami''}} at the [[Naval Vessel Register]]
*USS ''Miami'' command histories – [[Naval History & Heritage Command]]: [https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/archives/command-operation-reports/ship-command-operation-reports/m/miami-ssn-755-iii/pdf/1990.pdf 1990][https://web.archive.org/web/20131029183807/http://www.history.navy.mil/shiphist/m/ssn-755/1991.pdf 1991][https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195417/http://www.history.navy.mil/shiphist/m/ssn-755/1992.pdf 1992][https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192519/http://www.history.navy.mil/shiphist/m/ssn-755/1993.pdf 1993][https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191803/http://www.history.navy.mil/shiphist/m/ssn-755/1994.pdf 1994][https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193120/http://www.history.navy.mil/shiphist/m/ssn-755/1995.pdf 1995][https://web.archive.org/web/20131029185341/http://www.history.navy.mil/shiphist/m/ssn-755/1998.pdf 1998][https://web.archive.org/web/20131029183804/http://www.history.navy.mil/shiphist/m/ssn-755/1999.pdf 1999][https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191414/http://www.history.navy.mil/shiphist/m/ssn-755/2000.pdf 2000][https://web.archive.org/web/20131029194943/http://www.history.navy.mil/shiphist/m/ssn-755/2001.pdf 2001][https://web.archive.org/web/20131029184717/http://www.history.navy.mil/shiphist/m/ssn-755/2002.pdf 2002]
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