'PEOPLE HAVE THIS MISCONCEPTION THAT IF A FIRE OR EXPLOSION HAPPENS ON A BOAT, EVEN IN A PORT IT'TT BE CONTAINED, BUT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY TRUE.'

摘要

IT'S A SUNNY AFTERNOON in late July, and Jeffrey Post and I are out for a drive. Post is assistant fire chief at the Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut, the US Navy's primary submarine base on the East Coast. He mentions various points of interest as he steers his pickup truck south along Military Highway, toward the mouth of the Thames River and the Port of New London. Out the passenger-side window, the waters of the Thames glisten deep blue.