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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Civilian Worker Set Fire to Submarine in Maine So He Could Leave Early, Navy Says

A civilian employee set a fire that caused $400 million in damage to a nuclear-powered submarine because he had anxiety and wanted to get out of work early, Navy investigators said in a complaint filed Monday.

Casey James Fury, 24, of Portsmouth, N.H., faces up to life in prison if convicted of two counts of arson in the fire aboard the USS Miami attack submarine while it was in dry dock May 23 and a second blaze outside the sub on June 16.

Fury was taking medications for anxiety and depression and told investigators he set the fires so he could get out of work, according a seven-page affidavit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Portland.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I am an former submariner. Take him out to sea on NUC submarine, tieh him outside and dive down to 200 feet. then set him singing that he wants to leave eary. After 30 minutes, surface, send him home to his beer.

Anonymous said...

Wouldn't he be dead after 30 minutes?