USS Bonhomme Richard explosion

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Happening now, docked in San Diego

 

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Prayers for all.

 

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Dozens Injured After Fire Erupts on Navy Ship; Crews Continue to Battle Stubborn Blaze

At least seventeen sailors and four civilians were hospitalized after an explosion erupted during a roaring blaze aboard a military assault ship at Naval Base San Diego Sunday morning, according to Naval Surface Forces.

www.nbcsandiego.com

 

[martybegan]

That is a pretty serious looking fire. Lots of things on an LHD that can go boom.

 

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That is a pretty serious looking fire. Lots of things on an LHD that can go boom.

Yeah, they just reported they think there are 200 sailors on board, as,of this morning.

 

[martybegan]

That is a pretty serious looking fire. Lots of things on an LHD that can go boom.

Yeah, they just reported they think there are 200 sailors on board, as,of this morning.

That's a lot less than usual, but i guess since the ship is in port maybe many of the sailors and marines are on leave or in barracks.

 

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That is a pretty serious looking fire. Lots of things on an LHD that can go boom.

Yeah, they just reported they think there are 200 sailors on board, as,of this morning.

That's a lot less than usual, but i guess since the ship is in port maybe many of the sailors and marines are on leave or in barracks.

That is a bit of good news, if there is any. Had not considered that.

 

[Lysistrata]

How does anyone respond? I hope that all have been evacuated.

The father of the late Door's singer, Jim Morrison, captained this ship during the Gulf of Tonkin incident when the Lizard King was a child. It's all so bizarre. I do hope that everyone is okay.

 

[martybegan]

How does anyone respond? I hope that all have been evacuated.

The father of the late Door's singer, Jim Morrison, captained this ship during the Gulf of Tonkin incident when the Lizard King was a child. It's all so bizarre. I do hope that everyone is okay.

Not the same ship. This one was commissioned in 1998. You are thinking of the last one, an Essex class carrier left over from WWII.

 

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Report is 11 sailors have been injured.

 

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And all personnel off ship and accounted for. That is good news.

 

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Dispatch is reporting Navy sailors running from pier, reporting fire has gotten into the fuel on the ship.

 

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Navy now reporting 18 sailors with non life threatening injuries.

 

[HenryBHough]

Now watch your fire insurance bill skyrocket!

 

[Manonthestreet]

Shouldnt they be on the ship fighting the fire?

 

[Lysistrata]

How does anyone respond? I hope that all have been evacuated.

The father of the late Door's singer, Jim Morrison, captained this ship during the Gulf of Tonkin incident when the Lizard King was a child. It's all so bizarre. I do hope that everyone is okay.

Not the same ship. This one was commissioned in 1998. You are thinking of the last one, an Essex class carrier left over from WWII.

Thank you. I didn't know this. I thought that it was the same ship. I remember seeing a black and white picture oif Jim Morrison as a child with his father on the bridge of the first one. I live around one of the places where Morrison grew up, and I always thought of what a rough relationship the two must have had. My ex was a vestryman at the same church as Admiral Morrison. He and his son were such opposites! It must have been hell in that house! It always set me to thinking about why fathers and sons have such poor dueling relationships. This also happened between my father and brother, and with Springsteen and his father, also. This was back when hair was a big thing between men. Springsteen's father even had a barber come in to cut his son's hair when his son was in bed with a leg injury. I'm still trying to make sense of what happened back then. We live in such a weird culture. Everybody was hurt, and no good ever came of it.

 

[Picaro]

Fighting fires on those lower decks is an intimidating job; my sympathies go out to them. An old friend of mine was a fireman on a carrier, and it wasn't fun at all, even with no fires.

 

[Lysistrata]

Fighting fires on those lower decks is an intimidating job; my sympathies go out to them. An old friend of mine was a fireman on a carrier, and it wasn't fun at all, even with no fires.

I'm not so sure that you can fight a fire below decks on own of those things without getting yourself killed. If the report that the fire has reached to fuel is correct, I just hope that every sailor gets the hell out of there before there is no way out.

 

[odanny]

Hope no one was hurt.