What am I missing? The Master At Arms use to always have a small arms locker even when I was in dry-dock in Long Beach. That was many years ago, so things could have changed. That said, this ship was not in dry dock. It was moored to a pier for refit.
Just saw a report on ABC news that said what crew was on board was evacuated pretty quick. That just sounds odd to this ex sailor. I can’t wait to hear the exact details of this fire. We dealt with a mainspace fire out at sea. We had the ship zipped up tight in record time and fire crews dressed and entering the space To contain the fire in record time but that was with a full crew. I’m trying to imagine a major conflagration in port with just the duty section being able to respond. It would have to be something really really big for the duty section and other available crew that may have been on board to not be able to handle. Maybe they had some major systems tagged out for repair? It’s just sad to see this beautiful ship on fire. I was able to board the USS B.R. In San Francisco for fleet week years and years ago. She was a beauty.