According to U.S. media reports, the fire on the USS LHD-6 Goodman Richard, which caught fire at 8:30 am on July 12th, West Coast time, has been burning for a day and night, and it has been in the fire. Nearly 42 hours, the smoke on the Goodman Richard has been much smaller. The previous open fires on the ship’s island, bow and stern shaft deck have also been extinguished. This probably means that the Goodman Richard is amphibious. The fire on the assault ship has been brought under control. However, the fire burned for more than a day, especially inside the hull, which had a huge impact on the ship.
It is reported that the fire on the ship once reached a high temperature of thousands of degrees, which is a very serious accident for the ship. At present, it seems that the reason why the fire can cause such serious consequences may be that during the maintenance of the ship in the port of San Diego, the fire extinguishing system of the ship was previously shut down to facilitate construction, which eventually led to the personnel on the ship after the fire started. After the evacuation, firefighters were unable to reach the fire source to extinguish the fire due to heavy smoke, which eventually caused the fire to be out of control. However, at a critical moment, the soldiers who were supposed to perform damage control operations abandoned the ship and ran away. This is the loss of the military soul and the dignity of the military. It is trivial to burn the aircraft carrier, but the military soul is lost. event.
It is understood that the good man Richard, who was performing maintenance at the US West Coast Naval Port San Diego, suffered heavy losses in the fire. The fire had spread to the ship’s island and caused the mast to be burned. The fire that originally started on the well deck could burn to the flight deck, indicating that part of the deck was probably burned through, causing the fire to be transferred to the flight deck. And the hull of the ship has tilted, which indicates that the ship’s position under the waterline may also catch fire, and the fire has even burned through some compartments under the waterline of the hull, causing the hull to tilt.
reported that at present, no open flames can be seen on the surface of the ship, and the smoke on the hull is also significantly reduced, but the fire has not been completely extinguished. Currently, the ship’s fire has caused 59 injuries, including 36 sailors and 23 civilians. Compared with the 21 people who were injured at the beginning of the fire, the number of injured has also increased. Most of these wounded are inhaling smoke or being injured in the fire fighting process. As the fire continues, the number of injured is likely to increase. According to the report, the US military still has not investigated the cause of the fire. Although the fire has been controlled, there are still a large number of firefighters and equipment on the scene to extinguish the fire. The loss caused by this fire incident is very serious. The surrounding warships were removed, and no other warships were harmed in the end, but it was a huge expense to repair only an amphibious assault ship.
Experts said that the US military quasi-aircraft carrier fire highlighted the current chaos in US military management. During ship repairs, the fire extinguishing system was shut down just because it was docked at the port, which ultimately resulted in irreparable damage. As a result, if the fire extinguishing system on the ship was working properly at that time, the ship would probably not encounter such a serious fire. The current fire has caused the ship to suffer serious losses, and it is even possible that the quasi-aircraft carrier that served in 1998 was retired early due to the fire.
