Vacuum Cleaner Victims ā€“ the Clipper Ship Cutty Sark and Now the USS Miami !

Rick Spilman

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JUNE 7, 2012 7:26AM

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Victims of Vacuum Cleaners?

There is a new threat to our nautical heritage and our nation’s defense! Ā In 2007, the composite tea clipper Cutty Sark, built in 1869, was ravaged by fire. Ā An investigation revealed theĀ culpritĀ - an industrial vacuum cleaner. Ā Now, it appears that a vacuum cleaner has struck again! Ā Investigators say that a vacuum cleaner caused the recent fire on the nuclear submarine USS Miami in a shipyard in Maine, causing an estimated $400 million of damage.

US nuclear submarine fire linked to vacuum cleaner