They’ve moved them I believe. The most recent video shows the other side of the pier to be empty. And see Naval Surface Forces (@SurfaceWarriors) on Twitter. One was Fitzgerald, issues seem to be following that ship...
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If I remember my DC school fire fighting training correctly, we were taught that for every 7 minutes it took us to fight the fire, that was an extra hour to extinguish it. The grumpy old chief also said that if it got out of hand we would be best to put our Jesus boots on because he'd be the next fulla we'd be meeting.CNN report says the fire started aft in the well deck. Aerial footage has smoke plumes just under the flight deck midships and forward of the RAM launcher. That's a huge fire. Also a significant start to the fire if their SSFB couldn't contain it at the initial alert.
@InterestedParty - looks to be an accommodation barge, used to house sailors during refits/between ship postings etc.
That's pretty spot on. And also this is indicative of the way most Navies now operate alongside. Ships company no longer live on board, so you have skeleton duty watch during periods of maintenance, so your ready fire fighting force is depleted. Gone are the days of alongside fire fighting being a ship responsibility, it's now do your best while waiting for the civvy firies to turn up. I would say based on the footage alone she'll be a write off.If I remember my DC school fire fighting training correctly, we were taught that for every 7 minutes it took us to fight the fire, that was an extra hour to extinguish it. The grumpy old chief also said that if it got out of hand we would be best to put our Jesus boots on because he'd be the next fulla we'd be meeting.
That fire had been going for about 13 - 14 hours and maybe still is, so it possible that the ship maybe a write off.
I believe one of the AB’s is the Fitzgerald, recently returned to service.Hope they got the 2 Burkes on her Port side, properly closed down before the crews left or they will be spending a fairly significant amount of time in maintenance.
Bonhomme Richard was delivered in 1998. What is the normal service life for a USN LHD? I would think a multi billion dollar ship would see around 35-40 years (even in the USN) so if it is a right off, a big loss for sure.
A million US gallons is about 3.8 million litres, or a bit over 3000 tons. That could be rather spectacular if it all went up.About 30 hours in.
Two Decks Are Thought To Separate Fire On USS Bonhomme Richard From 1M Gallons Of Fuel (Updated)
The Navy says it is throwing everything it has at fighting the blaze on the stricken amphibious assault ship as it enters into its 28th hour.www.thedrive.com
400 Sailors are fighting the Fire.
The Area where the fire started the Lower Vehicle storage was filled with combustible materials, boxes, Dry wall, rags and the like. No welding was happening there but clearly something did.
The Navy doesn’t intend to let it but to the waterline as there is fuel aboard. About a million gallons of Aviation fuel. No reports of the fire in the engineering spaces. Seems isolated to the upper decks.
The fire is producing a thousand degrees of F Heat which destroyed the superstructure.
Debris in spaces has hampered fighting. The Automated Halon fire suppression system was disabled as part of the refit when this started.
Only 5 Salors still in the hospital the rest released.