Posted on 07/12/2020 11:27:54 AM PDT by bitt
An explosion erupted as a roaring blaze was reported on a military assault ship at Naval Base San Diego Sunday morning, according to authorities.
Plumes of smoke arose from USS Bonhomme Richard as firefighters battled the three-alarm blaze on the 3400 block on Senn St. The vessel is an amphibious assault ship homeported in San Diego, according to Krishna Jackson of Naval Base San Diego.
The ship had undergone a regular maintenance cycle before the fire was reported, Jackson said. Crew members typically are aboard the ship on weekends, but there are fewer than on weekdays.
Several sailors are being treated for injuries, according to the San Diego Fire Department. The extent of their injuries is unclear and authorities did not say how many sailors were injured.
It is unclear what sparked the fire.
A PLA(N) plant? An Iranian plant? We (the West) is at war with COMMUNIST China, or at least COMMUNIST China is at war with the West!
Paint, dried and on the bulkheads is fuel for fire.
Add in any aluminum superstructure.
Good luck explaining what AFFF is to those here who think that there is nothing more than steel in the various compartments.
You sound like your ex-Navy and would understand the radiation effect from one compartment to another. Many think a warship is just a big metal box and that steel doesn't burn, and know nothing about heat transfer between spaces. Sheesh.
Where did you hear that? Citation?
Some are saying the suppression system was down for repairs.
Maybe it’s a careless cigarette in 2 distinct locations like Notre Dame...
I remember someone on my ship saying that he heard the British navy just seals their hatches and lets the fire go out in the compartments by oxygen deprivation.
Of course, that was just hearsay, and these amphibs have hugh compartments.
So you have advance word on the cause or are you just another amateur armchair speculator?
You should not start rumor without any proof - this is a very serious accident and will leave the Navy short effecting deployments and readiness.
Give it a break please. Don’t go making unwarranted and unlikely comparisons, this is serious business.
Yes, and from the videos I've seen it looked like boat hoses were concentrating their water on the hull to cool it down before the fire hit some fuel or other. Firefighters often direct their attack on neighboring homes.
As an aviation swabbie, I was taught to protect the next aircraft over during firefighting drills on the flight deck. It was a lesson learned from the Forrestal.
Aqueous Film Forming Foam. They need crews inside the ship fighting the fire, and sailors that know the layout of the ship. Hose teams and donkey dicks. Praying for the sailors and their family’s.
VA-35
CAG-8
U.S.S. Nimitz
Pascagoula?
I keep trying to explain about heat radiation from compartment to compartment, and what do these know-nothings what to talk about? Conspiracies! I'm almost through with this site.
That looks like a sentence from google translate.
I agree. People need to put a lid on the scuttlebutt. We don’t know wtf happened. There are a million possible explanations and at the moment we know next to nothing. Speculating about sabotage or un-American elements in the ranks is wholly uncalled for right now. Navy ships are inherently dangerous places. Odds are this was an accident. In due course we will find out more. For now I give thanks to G— that nobody was killed.
Wake the f up Karen
A d until such findings its asinee to keep anything off the table just like your post this is 2020 not the 50 or 60s or anyother decade
I'm an old Army guy who knows nothing about the Navy...but are there sailors whose MOS (IIRC they're called "ratings" in the Navy) is "firefighter"?
This is so sad.
I always liked the name of that ship.
And of the original.
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