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[bdpopeye]

BALABAC STRAIT, Republic of the Philippines (July 15, 2020) The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) transit the Balabac Strait. Nimitz and Princeton are part of Carrier Strike Group 11 and deployed conducting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Elliot Schaudt/Released)

The US Navy’s top officer wants answers on the Bonhomme Richard fire

The U.S. Navy's top officer will visit the Bonhomme Richard Friday. "Could there be another Bonhomme Richard waiting to happen?" he said during an interview with Defense News.

www.defensenews.com

 

[bdpopeye]

The AXE is starting to fall on Bonhomme Richard....

Top Navy officer is unsure if Bonhomme Richard should be repaired

Admiral Mike Gilday said more needs to be known about damage on the ship before the Navy will make decisions.

www.sandiegouniontribune.com

 

[bdpopeye]

The press conference from the CNO about the status an firefighting efforts aboard Bonhomme Richard;

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Bonhomme Richard list to port.

SAN DIEGO (July 17, 2020) The amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) sits pier side as damage control efforts continue aboard the ship. On the morning of July 12, a fire was called away aboard the ship while it was moored pier side at Naval Base San Diego. Base and shipboard firefighters responded to the fire. Bonhomme Richard is going through a maintenance availability, which began in 2018. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jessica Paulauskas)

 

[downsizer]

I would think much of that list is due to water on board from the FFinf efforts?

 

[Chazman]

I would think much of that list is due to water on board from the FFinf efforts?

Yes. They are pumping the water out.

 

[bdpopeye]

SURIGAO STRAIT (July 14, 2020) Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Kurtis Harrison, from White, Ga., assigned to the “Battlecats” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73, signals the pilots of an MH-60R Sea Hawk on the flight deck of the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) during flight operations. Princeton is part of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group and is deployed conducting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Logan C. Kellums/RELEASED)


The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) conducts flight operations with an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Wolf Pack of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 75. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Raul Moreno Jr./Released)


PHILIPPINE SEA (July 21, 2020) From left, HMAS Hobart (DDG 39), HMAS Arunta (FFH 151), HMAS Canberra (L02), HMAS Sirius (O 266), the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), the guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54), JS Teruzuki (DD 116) and HMAS Stuart (FFH 153) steam into formation during a trilateral exercise. Trilateral exercises between the JMSDF, ADF and U.S. Navy support shared goals of peace and stability while enhancing regional security and the right of all nations to trade, communicate, and choose their destiny in a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Codie L. Soule)


PHILIPPINE SEA (July 21, 2020) Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5, attached to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 70, fast-ropes onto the flight deck of the Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), from an MH-60S Seahawk assigned to Golden Falcons of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12 during helicopter visit, board, search and seizure training. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, as well as the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Gregory N. Juday)


MUTSU BAY (July 20, 2020) – Sailors aboard mine countermeasures ship USS Pioneer (MCM 9) deploy the mine neutralization vehicle (MNV) to acquire a visual identification of a mine-like object during Mine Warfare Exercise (MIWEX) 2JA 2020. MIWEX 2JA is an annual bilateral exercise held between the U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) to strengthen interoperability and increase proficiencies in mine countermeasure operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Caleb Strong)


Atlantic Ocean (July 7, 2020)
USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) performs monthly pre-aim calibration (PAC) fire maintenance on MK-45 MOD 4 5-inch 62 caliber lightweight gun. Churchill is a guided missile destroyer home stationed in Norfolk, VA, preparing for an upcoming exercise and future operational tasking. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Louis Thompson Staats IV)


SAN DIEGO (July 12, 2020) Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21, “Blackjacks”, stationed at Naval Air Station North Island, loaded the Airborne Mine Neutralization System (AMNS) AN/ASQ-235 and spin on deck prior to takeoff for use during a Mine Countermeasure Exercise led by the Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) as part of U.S. 3rd Fleet’s Trident Warrior exercise. Trident Warrior, in its 18th year of execution, is an annual U.S. 3rd Fleet at-sea field experiment that helps the Navy identify warfighting capability gaps and provides inventive solutions in an operational environment. U.S. Navy photo (Released)

 

[santana]

Two other Navy ships caught fire just days after the USS Bonhomme Richard inferno

The inferno that engulfed the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard isn't the only fire to strike a Navy capital ship in recent weeks.

On Friday, Navy personnel identified and quickly extinguished a "small" fire aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), the Bonhomme Richard's sister ship which is currently undergoing maintenance at General Dynamics' National Steel and Shipbuilding Company shipyard in Norfolk, Virginia.

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Two other Navy ships caught fire just days after the USS Bonhomme Richard inferno

The inferno that engulfed the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard isn't the only fire to strike Navy capital ships in recent weeks

taskandpurpose.com

 

[BravoZulu]

Two other Navy ships caught fire just days after the USS Bonhomme Richard inferno

The inferno that engulfed the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard isn't the only fire to strike a Navy capital ship in recent weeks.

On Friday, Navy personnel identified and quickly extinguished a "small" fire aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), the Bonhomme Richard's sister ship which is currently undergoing maintenance at General Dynamics' National Steel and Shipbuilding Company shipyard in Norfolk, Virginia.

full story

Two other Navy ships caught fire just days after the USS Bonhomme Richard inferno

The inferno that engulfed the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard isn't the only fire to strike Navy capital ships in recent weeks

taskandpurpose.com

It's quite common for small fires to break out on warships, more than you would probably expect but which are pretty much an occupational hazard and are normally dealt with swiftly and surely without fanfare

 

[bdpopeye]

It's quite common for small fires to break out on warships, more than you would probably expect but which are pretty much an occupational hazard and are normally dealt with swiftly and surely without fanfare

100% correct. Most fires are small in nature. Trash cans. Fan rooms. Venting for AC and heat., the galley ..even aircraft. It happens. In 1981 there was a fire in the satellite navigation space aboard USS America (CV 66). the fire damaged the satellite navigation equipment to the extent that the ship had to navigate by sextant!.

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) sails through San Diego Bay. by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

Sailors aboard USS Arlington (LPD 24) battle a simulated fire. by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

An EA-18G Growler launches from USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

An EA-18G Growler launches from USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

Sailors prepare to run chocks and chains during flight operations with an MV-22 Osprey aboard USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

USS Cheyenne (SSN 773) departs Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for a scheduled Indo-Pacific deployment. by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) transits the Surigao Strait. by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

 

[BravoZulu]

USS Tripoli (LHA-7).

A Countermeasure Anti-Torpedo Torpedo is launched from a Nimitz-class carrier, circa 2017.

 

[bdpopeye]

Sailors conduct low-power testing for an FA-18E Super Hornet pilot assigned to the “Eagles” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 115 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) by U.S. Pacific Fleet, on Flickr
Fire Controlman (Aegis) 2nd Class Emily Graves cleans an overboard discharge connection aboard USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) by U.S. Pacific Fleet, on Flickr
An MH-60S Sea Hawk prepares to land aboard USS Antietam (CG 54) by U.S. Pacific Fleet, on Flickr
Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Dustin Tipton, assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89), fires a shot line during a replenishment-at-sea with the USNS Pecos (T-AO 197) by U.S. Pacific Fleet, on Flickr
Seaman Alexis Mendoza, from Laredo, Texas, stands by as landing safety enlisted for an MH-60S Sea Hawk on the flight deck aboard USS Antietam (CG 54) by U.S. Pacific Fleet, on Flickr

 

[downsizer]

Great pics as ever @bdpopeye

 

[bdpopeye]

Great pics as ever @bdpopeye

Thanks for those kind words!

USS Makin Island (LHD 8) conducts a burial at sea. by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) departs Naval Station Norfolk. by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

USS Porter (DDG 78) is underway in the Black Sea. by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

Marines embark USS San Diego (LPD 22). by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

USS San Jacinto (CG 56) conducts joint operations with the Hellenic Navy. by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) conducts flight operations. by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

An F/A-18 Super Hornet lands aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in the Mediterranean Sea. by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

 

[bdpopeye]

Fire damage from the conflagration that engulfed USS Bonhomme Richard from 12.07.202 to 16.07.2020;

Fire and Rescue NSW save a kitten from inside a WALL after the homeowners heard it meowing - Internewscast

Firefighters have performed a delicate rescue after a ginger kitten got stuck behind a wall.Firefighters were called to a home in Bankstown, south-west

internewscast.com

Damn?

 

[Euroamerican]

Wowsers.... Looks like she got hit by a kamikaze off the shores of Okinawa!

 

[Chazman]

Fire damage from the conflagration that engulfed USS Bonhomme Richard from 12.07.202 to 16.07.2020;

Fire and Rescue NSW save a kitten from inside a WALL after the homeowners heard it meowing - Internewscast

Firefighters have performed a delicate rescue after a ginger kitten got stuck behind a wall.Firefighters were called to a home in Bankstown, south-west

internewscast.com

Damn?

Still no decision on if it will be repaired or not. I think the pendulum maybe swinging against it.

 

[TheKiwi]

Some nasty looking sags on some of those beams.

 

[Fluff]

Some nasty looking sags on some of those beams.

Where’s the cost in a ship? Is it the steelwork, or the electrics, systems, engines etc?

I suspect it’s the latter, so it’s a choice, refit/rebuilt the hulk, or build a new hulk, salvage some items, and fit new electrics etc to finish the ship. It’s still afloat, so finely balanced, but as we aren’t at war, probably best to go to new hull.

 

[santana]

probably the US Navy will never see this ship at sea again !!!

 

[Chazman]

The BHM could be repaired. But it's 22 years old and would require to be out of service for several years. Most of it's decks would need to be gutted and a new island manufactured.