No threads on the Bonhomme Richard fire?

Originally Posted by JimK

Originally Posted by Lieste

It was in dock under maintenance. It had zero aircraft, zero helicopters.

I don't know modern naval practice, but earlier (age of sail) practice was to essentially strip all ordnance and stores from a vessel undergoing repair. This was universal for large repair, but common for merely returning to dock in some dockyards (though that from a limitation of channel depth and access as much as anything).

Thanks, but refurb work is even more dangerous on ship like this. To much flammable materials.

And most, if not all, normal procedures and features are unable to be used. Watertight doors are secured open and unable to be shut, fire suppression systems are disarmed, and usually not enough crew is aboard to form proper DC parties. Just look at the USS Miami fire from not too many years back. A painter in the yard wanted the afternoon off so he started a small fire with flammable rags to get the boat evacuated, and it ended up costing the navy a fast-attack sub.

Phil

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#4530041 - 07/15/20 11:15 AM Re: No threads on the Bonhomme Richard fire? [Re: Timothy]
Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 113,386 PanzerMeyer Pro-Consul of Florida
PanzerMeyer Pro-Consul of Florida King Crimson - SimHQ's Top Poster Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 113,386 Miami, FL USA	Originally Posted by Timothy Originally Posted by F4UDash4 Originally Posted by F4UDash4 The Burning of the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) Comment from above: "We can bet on one thing. Every single lessons learned that comes out of the LHD-6 fire investigation report will have been included previously on one or more prior reports concerning similar fires which occurred aboard other vessels being modified or repaired in port. Count on it." Yep. This happened because prior lessons learned were ignored. The US Navy has shifted focus from ship handling and ship safety / damage control to "other things" that have nothing to do with ships or war fighting. Ooooooo ooooooo, I would love to guess, but it'd end up PWEC. It almost makes you wish for a major war to break out so that the Navy can be forced back on the straight and narrow. Almost. Either way, the USN of today is certainly not the USN of WW 2 and I'm not talking about the hardware either. Last edited by PanzerMeyer; 07/15/20 11:16 AM. “Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”