"Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals." -- Mark Twain
"Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals." -- Mark Twain
"Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals." -- Mark Twain
Sailor (07-12-2020)
My bet:
The ship was in an upkeep period. I bet there were welders aboard, most likely from NASSCO the yard next door to the NOB where the ship is tied up. They likely caused a fire and the idiot sailor on firewatch wasn't doing his job, particularly as it was on a weekend. Firewatch is a boring job usually run by Petty Officers seconded to that duty and the actual firewatch sailors are almost entirely non-rates (E-1 to -3) who were sent TAD to firewatch duty because their division didn't need them as they were lazy F ups in any case.
All you need is for the ones assigned to the welders to be sleeping, left their post to go to the head, eat, or just go to their rack instead, and you get this. The welders get paid to weld and that's what they're going to do, firewatch or no firewatch. They aren't in the Navy, they're civilians. They get off the hook because it was the Navy's responsibility to put the firewatch in place. The LPO of the duty section has on a ship that size maybe 20 + sailors for firewatch on a weekend and they can't possibly monitor all of them after assigning them to a yard worker. They have to stay in the firewatch compartment where they assign the individuals.
So, you have a lazy F up who really doesn't give a $h!+ anyway supposedly watching for a fire because of the welding. It could be that they are assigned to the far side of a bulkhead and are all by themselves in the compartment. Perfect conditions to blow off your watch and catch some Z's.
That'd be my guess. It usually is in these situations.
Oh, it looks worse than it is too. There's plenty of smoke but that doesn't equal plenty of fire. A relatively small fire in one compartment can do that.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/craigho.../#748314b176a9While the cause of the fire is under investigation, we already know that shipyard fires are a serious problem for the U.S. Navy right now. Multiple fires have broken out in U.S. Navy ships undergoing maintenance over the past several months, and, rather than make changes, the U.S. Navy seems to have chosen to ignore the problem, happier to gloat and point fingers as shipyard fires nearly sank Russia’s Admiral Kuznetsov in 2019 and one of China’s new Type 075 big-deck amphibious assault ships earlier this year. The U.S. Navy’s failure to act—even after several warnings and close calls—is inexplicable and inexcusable.
The problem of course is the leadership apparently feels that they have no other option but to keep cutting corners trying to push jobs through fast, because of lack of capacity.
I choose my own words like the Americans of olden times........before this dystopia arrived.
DARK AGES SUCK!
Bigdog (07-13-2020)
https://www.govconwire.com/2018/09/g...-availability/General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) national steel and shipbuilding business has landed a potential two-year, $249.1M contract to provide maintenance, modernization and repair services in support of the U.S. Navy‘s USS Bonhomme Richard.
Services under the firm-fixed-price contract are intended to support the amphibious assault ship’s docking phased maintenance availability for fiscal year 2018, the Defense Department said Thursday.
The contract holds a $218.7M base value and options that would access the award’s maximum monetary amount.
The Navy will initially obligate $218.7M in fiscal 2018 other procurement funds, $161.7M of which will expire as the current fiscal year concludes.
Work will take place in San Diego through May 2020.
So in addition to likely destroying the vessel they were running behind schedule.
I choose my own words like the Americans of olden times........before this dystopia arrived.
DARK AGES SUCK!
Sailor (07-13-2020)
I choose my own words like the Americans of olden times........before this dystopia arrived.
DARK AGES SUCK!
Sailor (07-13-2020)
What 2 headed hydra party will we blame today?
Idiots.
YA Good Point.....the chances that those who are responsible will be held accountable for losing this extremely valuable asset are near zero....because yes cupcake....America does actually suck this badly now.
The New Chinese Empire cant wait to end us as a power that anyone cares about.
We are helping them.
I choose my own words like the Americans of olden times........before this dystopia arrived.
DARK AGES SUCK!
Hawkeye10 (07-13-2020)
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