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Explosion Reported as Firefighters Battle Blaze on Navy Ship (USS Bonhomme Richard)
nbcsandiego.com ^ | 7/12/2020

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.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; china; chinese; explosion; navy; qanondidit; redchina; sandiego; ussbonhommerichard; usship
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To: bitt

I don’t know any details, but, other than our military is a microcosm of our society; plus Obama deliberately infiltrated our military leadership with leftist dissidents and weaklings, who went about changing codes, rules, and anything else they could sabotage (and STILL ARE), what the heck is going on with our suddenly clumsy, accident-prone Navy?


81 posted on 07/12/2020 12:52:34 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Mariner; bitt

LA Times says 11 sailors with minor injuries, no deaths reported, all sailors evacuated and accounted for per the Navy spokesman, thank God.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-07-12/fire-uss-bonhomme-richard-naval-base-san-diego


82 posted on 07/12/2020 12:53:04 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: laplata

We lost a submarine because some union welder wanted a long weekend.

On another note that’s two carriers that could have opposed the ChiComs that have burned during maintenance this year.


83 posted on 07/12/2020 12:53:20 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: DIRTYSECRET

“Welders working on Sunday?”

I can tell you from experience, having worked in a shipyard for 20 years, all contracts, civilian and government, normally require 100% of the work in 90% of the time it should take. There are no holidays or weekends in the shipyard. I can also tell you that, if this is a hot work accident, it was totally preventable, and no shipyard performs this work like they should.


84 posted on 07/12/2020 12:56:15 PM PDT by suthener
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To: Spktyr

Or 60’s! Yikes! Giving my age away. But, yeah, not the Navy i was in.


85 posted on 07/12/2020 12:56:32 PM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Spktyr
Agree on both points.

Any military anywhere is sticklers for fire safety, especially in confined places.
But here we're likely talking about civilian contractors doing maintenance & repairs, so..... maybe not so much?

86 posted on 07/12/2020 12:56:45 PM PDT by BroJoeK ((a little historical perspective...))
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To: Spktyr
After this is over, some serious questions need to be asked as to why our major West Coast military port has such crappy firefighting provisions.

You got that right. I've been sitting here in disbelief that only two or three small fireboats are dispatched to do anything about a fire in a billion dollar vessel. Where are the big serious firefighting vessels?

87 posted on 07/12/2020 12:57:05 PM PDT by fso301
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To: Spktyr

Nope. And much of the duty section might have been on the berthing barge you see on the quay wall. Manning duty sections is tough during overhaul. Lot’s of people off going to school, TAD to various “tiger teams”, on leave, etc. Back in the day, we would collapse to fewer duty sections, as you had to support all watch, force protection and damage control team requirements regardless of whatever else you had going on. More recently, some ships have bent to the pressure from above to ensure “quality of life” with 6 or 8 sections. She won’t be launching those f-35’s for quite a while now.


88 posted on 07/12/2020 12:59:51 PM PDT by ETCM
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To: fso301

Probably got canned under Obama, or at least the older ones may have been scrapped without replacement. Ships don’t last forever and replacement is required.


89 posted on 07/12/2020 1:03:27 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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90 posted on 07/12/2020 1:04:38 PM PDT by deport
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To: ETCM

Looks like it’s on pier 2.
When my ship (USS PELELIU) was parked on that pier, it sucked. There was no parking close by for cars. We preferred pier 13.


91 posted on 07/12/2020 1:05:20 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Fact: Gun control laws kill innocents.)
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To: dljordan

There are members of urban gangs or anti-Americans in all branches of the military services, unfortunately, they enlist for sabotage and to get training for future action.


92 posted on 07/12/2020 1:05:43 PM PDT by JungleGoat77 (.)
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To: ETCM

Reports are that all 200 of the anchor watch on BHR are accounted for with only 11 wounded.


93 posted on 07/12/2020 1:06:06 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr

Accidents happen. “Idiot shipyard worker with a torch or welder” is not unique to one nation or another, nor does it prove superiority or inferiority.


No arguments here. Hoping this was an accident though we may never know for certain.


94 posted on 07/12/2020 1:07:16 PM PDT by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
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To: rdl6989

Very convenient


95 posted on 07/12/2020 1:07:27 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: Lockbar

I don’t believe there are any aircraft on board when they are doing a refit. No ordnance either.


96 posted on 07/12/2020 1:08:19 PM PDT by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
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To: bitt
doesn't look good ...


97 posted on 07/12/2020 1:08:33 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: bitt
The injured sailors were hospitalized and treated for wounds that were described as minor, according to Jackson. The entire crew is off the ship and accounted for, Naval Surface Forces said.

Well that sounds positive.

98 posted on 07/12/2020 1:08:33 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: JungleGoat77

“About one to two percent of United States Armed Forces members are estimated to belong to criminal gangs in the United States, a much higher proportion than in the civilian population.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_presence_in_the_United_States_military


99 posted on 07/12/2020 1:09:05 PM PDT by JungleGoat77 (.)
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To: SuperLuminal

About a decade or so ago, at the opposite end of the country in Kittery, ME, an attack boat was severely damaged, by a worker that set a “small” fire that got out of control.

He wanted to go home early that day.


100 posted on 07/12/2020 1:10:09 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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