Bonhomme Richard burning in SD...

[Riley]

Not good. Apparently started around 845 this morning by a welder in the hanger bay. Appears to have spread to fuel storage. Prayers for all involved.

Apparently, they have evacuated the crew. That to me seems to be a extremely bad call. If there is no one aboard, the plan would be to let it burn? I hope that's not the case.

 

[Riley]

A couple of updated feeds. Apparently they don't think they can contain it, so they are going to let it burn itself out in a day or two. Amazing.

 

[Glock 40]

Thats gonna be expensive. Hopefully all injured have full recovery.

 

[Oklahomabassin]

Evacuating rather than risking loss of life seems like a great call.

 

[Okie4570]

No life is worth fighting a fuel fire of that magnitude in an enclosed space, good call. No idea how fire suppression systems work on a ship like that, obviously setup in a manner that wasn't useful in this case.

 

[Cowcatcher]

My dad sent me this info. He said, “She was a tough ol ship. I spent 8 months at sea on her once. Last ship I was ever on.”

Dad is 82 so that would’ve been some years ago. Lol

 

[EKing]

That sucks. I sure hope everyone is accounted for.

 

[SoonerP226]

No life is worth fighting a fuel fire of that magnitude in an enclosed space, good call. No idea how fire suppression systems work on a ship like that, obviously setup in a manner that wasn't useful in this case.

I would imagine that she has excellent firefighting/damage control systems, but they probably rely heavily on having a trained crew aboard, not just a bunch of shipbuilders.

 

[Glock 40]

I would imagine that she has excellent firefighting/damage control systems, but they probably rely heavily on having a trained crew aboard, not just a bunch of shipbuilders.

That makes sense. I was thinking when I saw this. " I thought all Navy ships had some serious fire training." If they didn't have a real crew but builders or maint folks on there. It makes sense that didn't have the crew to fight it.

 

[EKing]

That makes sense. I was thinking when I saw this. " I thought all Navy ships had some serious fire training." If they didn't have a real crew but builders or maint folks on there. It makes sense that didn't have the crew to fight it.

There's always some crew onboard depending on the level of maintenance they are in. When fire is called out, the repair lockers are manned and a hose team will respond, though it won't be the same guys as it would if the ship were underway.
Most likely this fire was started by a contractor who delayed reporting for fear of losing his job.

It's a weird/scary thing when GQ is sounded while in port.