Page 8. MAINE COASTAL NEWS August 2012 Waterfront News Suspect Charged in Connection with USS MIAMI FIRE


PORTLAND (NNS) -- The Naval Criminal Investigative Service has made an arrest in connection with a $400 million dollar fi re on board USS Miami May 23 and other incidents at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. Casey James Fury, a 24-year-old civil- ian worker at the Shipyard, is charged with arson. He was taken into custody by NCIS July 20 and had a fi rst appearance hearing before a federal magistrate in Portland, Maine July 23.


Information gathered by NCIS indi- cates that Fury is responsible for the fi re on board USS Miami. Additionally he is charged with setting a second minor fi re in the Shipyard’s Dry Dock #2 area June 16. The criminal complaint accuses Fury of two counts of Title 18, United States Code, Section 81 (Arson) “within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, willfully and maliciously set


fi re to and burned a vessel, namely the USS Miami, together with building materials and supplies located thereon.” The second count will be specifi c to burned building materials and supplies located in and around USS Miami. A criminal investigation headed by NCIS began soon after the fi re was reported May 23 and is ongoing. Other law enforce- ment agencies including ATF (Bureau of Al- cohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) are assisting in this investigation. The Navy has begun planning repairs with the goal of returning USS Miami to the fl eet.


Details of how the fi re on board USS Miami was started and other matters of evidence are not being released. Any further comment about the arrest or prosecution will be made by the U.S. Attorney’s Offi ce in Portland, Maine.


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After the attack on Pearl Harbor that plunged the United States into World War II, these armed Coast Guard men were assigned to a Maine lighthouses to help the lighthouse keepers protect it from Nazi submarines. They were instructed to make themselves visible in hopes of deterring an attack from a submarine. They were also assigned to look-out duty as spotters for enemy planes. Tim Harrison, editor of the Maine based Lighthouse Digest, won’t reveal the name of the lighthouse where this photograph was taken. Instead, Harrison hopes that if people want to fi nd out the answer and learn more, they will subscribe to the publication, which dubs itself as America’s only lighthouse news and history magazine. Harrison said the photograph, along with a number of others that recently surfaced and have never been published before, just came into his possession.


Harrison, who has also written eleven lighthouse books; most that deal primarily with life at lighthouses, said he is continu- ally looking for more photos of family life at lighthouses for other books that he is working on, as well as for stories in Light- house Digest. “I know there are still many more photographs of lighthouse keepers and life at the lighthouses that are hidden away


in family photo albums and attics,” said Harrison, who hopes that more people will come forward so he can include their family photos in future publications.


Harrison said that high resolution im- ages can be computer scanned and e-mailed to him at Editor@LighthouseDigest.com or mailed to Editor, Lighthouse Digest, P.O. Box 250, East Machias, ME 04630.


Missing Lighthouse Fog Bell Photos Sought


Tim Harrison of Lighthouse Digest is looking for photographs of when the fog bell that was once in use at Petit Manan Light- house near Milbridge, Maine was moved to the Milbridge Elementary School. Although the date is worn off the bell, it is believed it was made in 1855 by the McShane Bell Foundry in Baltimore, Maryland, and was in use at the lighthouse until 1869. Harrison says he is not sure of the year when the bell was removed from the island and given to the school for display, but that is not deterring him for looking for photo- graphs of when the bell was moved. Harrison says, “It would seem to me that moving the bell from the island for display at the school must have been a pretty big event in the community. Someone must have taken photos of the fog bell being moved from the island lighthouse, or when it was installed at the school.”


Harrison said the photos would be of historical signifi cance that should be published and then preserved for future generations. “My guess is that someone has photos in an old family album that is tucked away in an attic and hopefully they will come forward.”


Harrison can be contacted at Light- house Digest, P.O. Box 250, East Machias, ME 04630, or at 207-259-2121. He can also be reached via e-mail at Editor@Light- houseDigest.com


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