Sorry lower deck i have to disagree with you about the ship being in The yards hands. I went thru a complete overhaul. And we never let “all kinds of flammable crap” lay around. We had 24/7 fire watches and they often had to stop welding jobs because the yard birds were literally a bunch of fk ups. And we never let them get very far with out safety and fire prevention being first on our minds. Yes yard birds are going home , you aint, yardbirds have set ships on fire because they didnt want to work the weekend. But thats no excuse for not having a competent fire watch thats roving.
I read there are different standards for nuclear powered ships that are as you said, but for oil burners its a different story.
Thank you for adding experience to the obvious. If Trump can’t pull this election out of the anti-American Dems, will any of it matter anymore? Can a volunteer professional force be led by a woman like Harris? Or whomever will be in charge?