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Lots of really interesting articles circulating in the immediate aftermath of the #USSBonhommeRichard fire. I’ve gathered a couple here and added some observations.
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Key">https://bit.ly/3fFeFfD&q... takeaways:
- Reduced crew numbers (and motivation)
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- Loss/removal of fixed systems
- Inability to manage smoke boundaries due to wires/vents etc. This is so true and routinely made me uncomfortable in command. What did I do about it - not enough.
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- Inability to manage smoke boundaries due to wires/vents etc. This is so true and routinely made me uncomfortable in command. What did I do about it - not enough.
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Key points:
- CNO is asking COs if their ship’s harbour fire-fighting teams are up to scratch. Classically direct USN post-incident approach. Will be interesting to track the results (assuming the actual answers make it to him…)
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- CNO is asking COs if their ship’s harbour fire-fighting teams are up to scratch. Classically direct USN post-incident approach. Will be interesting to track the results (assuming the actual answers make it to him…)
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- Were lessons from the previous USS Miami fire learned?
- “Stop the trend before it becomes one”
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- “Stop the trend before it becomes one”
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Key points:
- Never underestimate how taught the USN is. Mass does not exempt them.
- Some great stuff on leadership more generally (in the USN) at the end.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="6⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 6" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 6">From a firefighting perspective, some observations:
- The initial efforts would have been hideous and heroic
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- Never underestimate how taught the USN is. Mass does not exempt them.
- Some great stuff on leadership more generally (in the USN) at the end.
- The initial efforts would have been hideous and heroic
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- Great to see other ships’ teams piling in.
- Innovative(?) use of mixed Navy and Civ crews to tackle early stages worked well
- Not letting the fire reach the fuel was key
- Stability was well managed throughout (often an afterthought when alongside)
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- Innovative(?) use of mixed Navy and Civ crews to tackle early stages worked well
- Not letting the fire reach the fuel was key
- Stability was well managed throughout (often an afterthought when alongside)
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- Using helo FLIR to identify hotspots washttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen">
- The USN phot branch has played a blinder (so important)
Summary.
What of the future for this ship? Lots of speculation right now but unless you’re a salvage expert or a metallurgist and have been there, you don’t know.
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- The USN phot branch has played a blinder (so important)
Summary.
What of the future for this ship? Lots of speculation right now but unless you’re a salvage expert or a metallurgist and have been there, you don’t know.
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One thing we do know - political will has deep pockets.
Overall takeaways:
- Ships are always dangerous – there is no such thing as ‘on operations’ in the maritime.
- The @USNavy will be classically aggressive in investigating this. It needs to be.
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Overall takeaways:
- Ships are always dangerous – there is no such thing as ‘on operations’ in the maritime.
- The @USNavy will be classically aggressive in investigating this. It needs to be.
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- The @RoyalNavy and all navies should immediately table-top all findings.
- The firefighting effort was incredible.
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- The firefighting effort was incredible.
- No one died
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