The Judge Advocate General manual and the safety investigations will not be completed until late summer or early fall, said Gary Hildreth, public affairs officer at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
In the days after the May 23 fire, Navy officials said the investigations should only take two or three weeks to complete.
Hildreth said that neither document can be released to the media. However, the Navy will provide information periodically as the investigation work continues.
The fire broke out in the forward compartment of the USS Miami just before 6 p.m. on May 23. More than 100 area and shipyard firefighters worked over a 10-hour period to bring it under control.
According to subsequent Navy releases, the fire was caused when hot material was sucked into a vacuum cleaner. The vacuum was unplugged when the fire occurred.
Damage to the nuclear powered submarine has been estimated at $400 million.
The investigations will result in a determination of whether the Miami should be repaired or scrapped.
The picture above is the Miami entering the dry dock with the diesel running. It is not a picture of the fire.
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