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.
Thank you! Kind of what we expected...
Cost plus contract. The contractor is on the hook to fix their errors and wont get fee, but they will still get the cost of the repair. It sucks. Bigly. But youd never get a shipbuilder to take the risk on fixed fee unless theyve built 50 or 60 like the DDGs or hundreds like the F-16.
First ship my husband was on when he joined the Navy in 1950. At that time she had a wooden deck.
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