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USS Miami SSN-755 (Black Hull) Submarine Model. Sail again with the crew of the USS Miami SSN-755 in this handcrafted wooden submarine model. Each piece is carved from wood and handpainted to provide a piece you’ll love. Length – 20 inches. US Veteran Owned Business. USS Miami (SSN-755) was a United States Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine. She was the third vessel of the U. Navy to be named after Miami, Florida. Miami was the forty-fourth Los Angeles-class (688) submarine and the fifth Improved Los Angeles-class (688I) submarine to be built and commissioned. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 28 November 1983 and her keel was laid down on 24 October 1986. She was launched on 12 November 1988 and commissioned on 30 June 1990 with Commander Thomas W. On 1 March 2012, Miami pulled into 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. On 6 August 2013, Navy officials said that due to budget cuts the vessel would not be repaired. The submarine was placed on the inactive list, [1] then decommissioned on 28 March 2014. 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). At 5:41 p. EDT on 23 May 2012, fire crews were called with a report of a fire on Miami while being overhauled at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. At the time, the submarine was on a scheduled 20-month maintenance cycle, indicating that she was undergoing an extensive overhaul called an “Engineering Overhaul”. [6] The national media reported that seven firefighters had been injured. One crew member suffered broken ribs when he fell through a hole left by removed deck plates during the fire. It took firefighters 12 hours to extinguish it. 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 admitted to setting it by igniting some rags on the top bunk of a bunk room. He claimed to have started it in order to get out of work early. The debate over whether to repair or scrap the submarine lasted more than a year. Within a month of the fire, Maine Senators Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe advocated repairing her. The repair cost was expected to be trimmed by using spare parts from the recently decommissioned USS Memphis[18] and by repairing rather than replacing damaged hull sections, as had been done with another Los Angeles-class boat, San Francisco. But both of these approaches proved unworkable with the newer Miami. On 6 August 2013, the U. Navy announced its intention to decommission Miami, concluding the cost was more than it could afford in a time of budget cuts. Previous mottos Can do, will do, glad to. This motto was used prior to Operation Desert Fox. In popular culture USS Miami is one of two vessels featured in Submarine: A Guided Tour Inside a Nuclear Warship, a 1993 non-fiction book by Tom Clancy. In that episode, it is also depicted in a fictional scenario in which it sinks a Typhoon Class Submarine but is able to escape an Akula Class Submarine without harm. October 8, 1999 Andy Rooney, of 60 minutes, reported on his experiences after partaking in a day-long cruise aboard the Miami. In 2012, Miami was featured in the novel “Hunter Killer” (previously published as “Firing Point”) by George Wallace and Don Keith.

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Neptun Modell US Miami American Cruiser 1340c 1/1250 scale Navis See pictures for condition details.

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This is a 1/1250 scale metal waterline model of the light cruiser USS Miami, manufactured in Germany by Neptun, Catalog No. I have customized this model by replacing the main battery with machined brass barrels by Master-Model, and the 5 and 20mm AA barrels with steel wire which will not bend or break. I have also custom painted it in the Ms. Model is 5.75 inches (15 cm) long, and will be carefully packed in its own Neptun-style box. The item “USS Miami 1945 Customized Neptun 1/1250 metal waterline model” is in sale since Sunday, June 26, 2016. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Transportation\Boats & Ships\Military\Models”. The seller is “orsova67″ and is located in Los Angeles, California. This item can be shipped worldwide.

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This is a 1/1250 scale metal waterline model of the light cruiser USS Miami, manufactured in Germany by Neptun, Catalog No. I have customized this model by replacing the main battery with machined brass barrels by Master-Model, and the 5 and 20mm AA barrels with steel wire which will not bend or break. I have also custom painted it in the Ms. Model is 5.75 inches (15 cm) long, and will be carefully packed in its own Neptun-style box. The item “USS Miami 1945 Customized Neptun 1/1250 metal waterline model” is in sale since Sunday, June 19, 2016. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Transportation\Boats & Ships\Military\Models”. The seller is “orsova67″ and is located in Los Angeles, California. This item can be shipped worldwide.

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