If he was wearing a welding hood, he may not have seen it in time for them to contain it, especially if it started out of his sight.
There is always a "fire watch" assigned to the welder and in any adjacent spaces. It could be that some of their suppression systems were in maintenance though I'd expect to have contingent solutions discussed, approved, and implemented. There are AFFF systems in the vehicle decks, hanger deck, and flight deck as well as specific systems for magazines, fuel storage and transfer locations, and hazmat storage locations. It's a full time job just maintaining readiness on the systems before training and repairs. All that before you get to the regular fire stations and repair lockers.
I heard it was a barrel of "tool cutting oil" that exploded once things got going. Last word was they have two team advancing towards the main fire.
I heard it was a barrel of "tool cutting oil" that exploded once things got going. Last word was they have two team advancing towards the main fire.
A benefit of this fire is that some older systems be it fire fighting, communications/electrical wiring will be upgraded on the repair ticket.
I saw the title, looked at the pic, and thought "How did those big ships get to South Dakota?"
The current Bonhomme Richard is 23 years old according to USA Today report
https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/5424436002
There have been 5 Bonhomme Richard named ships in the US Navy
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Bonhomme_Richard
Any idea which one of the more recent ones he was on? (I'm assuming probable CVA-31)
My daughter's best friend is a sailor aboard that vessel. I also have a niece stationed is San Diego, but she's aboard the USS Abe Lincoln. What's funny is, my niece was on the USS Essex, that was replaced by the Bonhomme Richard. So technically, she should probably be on it, but for some reason, she was put on the Lincoln. I guess it's because the Abe Lincoln showed up in San Diego back in January while the Richard didn't arrive until April. I dunno.
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He was in from ‘57-‘62
I bet you’re right. He said it was a carrier when he was on it.
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