Posted on 03/24/2005 5:51:27 AM PST by esryle
(Groton-WTNH, Mar. 24, 2005 7:42 AM ) _ Groton police responded to a medical emergency call around 5:00 a.m. this morning for a gunshot wound at the Electric Boat facility in Groton.
Police say that a 22-year-old sailor on duty aboard a submarine at Electric Boat has died from an apparent gunshot wound.
Due to federal jurisdiction, the investigation has been taken over by the local office of the Naval Criminal Investigation Service.
The name of the victim nor the circumstances of the shooting have not been released.
ping
Not much to go on yet. Prayers for the family.
May he rest in peace. Prayers for the family.
My company has a construction crew working there. I wonder if they will hear anything. I doubt it with it being an NCIS investigation.
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Yea, but it will be a NCIS TV episode next season. "Ripped from the Headlines"
Submarine Ping!
From Public Affairs…
Electric Boat
Sailor Dies Aboard Seawolf
At approximately 4:30 a.m. today, U.S. Navy officials notified Electric Boat that a sailor aboard the USS Seawolf (SSN-21) died. The USS Seawolf is currently undergoing maintenance work at Electric Boat’s Groton shipyard.
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Topside watch playing with his sidearm during the midwatch ping!
Prayers to his family.
Where is "there" exactly. Just curious about city and state.
Groton, CT
Submarine life is stressful. I was there in Norfolk for 1986 to 1990. It was hard for us not to shoot our Senior Chief but we were adults.
Prayers for him and his family.
Do you know that he was playing with his sidearm, or is that speculation?
I shouldn't laugh because this is a sad situation, but I couldn't help it when I read your comment.
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Thanks for the ping. And yes, prayers to his family. No matter how this happened, it's a tragedy for them.
On our sub we had a group of old salts. We had great respect for them. Then they transfered and we got a group of the most worthless, spineless chiefs I had ever seen. We called our sonar chief "The Jellyfish" to his face.
Some men are just not cut out for the job. And if you've got a bad chief then the division doesn't function properly. I could tell some stories, too, but I don't think it would be appropriate since my husband is still in.
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