Smoke rises from a Portsmouth Naval Shipyard dry dock as fire crews respond Wednesday, May 23, 2012 to a fire on the USS Miami SSN 755 submarine at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on an island in Kittery, N.H. Four people were injured. (AP Photo/The Herald, Ionna Raptis)
Smoke rises from a Portsmouth Naval Shipyard dry dock as fire crews respond Wednesday, May 23, 2012 to a fire on the USS Miami SSN 755 submarine at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on an island in Kittery, N.H. Four people were injured. (AP Photo/The Herald, Ionna Raptis)
In this April 26, 2004 photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the USS Miami SSN 755, homeported in Groton, Conn. arrives in port in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. A fire aboard the nuclear-powered submarine on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine injured four people. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, PH2 Kevin Langford)
KITTERY, Maine (AP) ? Investigators have begun their damage assessment and investigation following a fire aboard a billion-dollar nuclear-powered submarine being overhauled at Maine's Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in a dry dock.
A shipyard spokeswoman says the USS Miami was ventilated to remove smoke Friday and people were allowed into the fire-damaged forward compartments.
U.S. Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire say the Navy has dispatched three investigative teams to the Kittery shipyard.
The fire started Wednesday night. It damaged several rooms, including the command and control center, but spared the sub's nuclear propulsion.
It's not yet clear whether the sub can be salvaged or what caused the blaze.
The USS Miami cost about $900 million when it was built. The newest attack subs are about $2.6 billion.
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