U.S. Carrier Fire Injures 9: Navy’s Fire Prevention Efforts Face Scrutiny
Craig Hooper Senior Contributor
Nov 30, 2022,10:59pm EST
The Navy’s ongoing effort to prevent shipboard fires has suffered a setback. On Wednesday, the U.S. Third Fleet released a brief statement, detailing a fire aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), one of America’s few deployable aircraft carriers in the Pacific.
The Navy reported that nine sailors suffered minor injuries in the November 28 blaze. The carrier is still operating off the California coast, and the Navy says “fire was quickly identified and extinguished through the crew’s fire-fighting efforts.”
No estimates of damage were forthcoming.
This fire is the first in a large combatant since a 2020 pier-side conflagration consumed a $1.2 billion Navy amphibious assault ship, the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). In light of the Navy’s purported focus on fire prevention since that loss, the latest conflagration requires serious scrutiny. Are the Navy’s fire prevention efforts sinking away?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/craighooper/2022/11/30/us-carrier-fire-injures-9-navys-fire-prevention-efforts-face-scrutiny/?sh=507f49cc5e6f
