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Maui Mayor Richard Bissen Jr. provides update on Kula fireUpdate: 1:30 p.m., Aug. 8, 2023Brush fire updates: https://tinyurl.com/zy8mnb99 #KulaFire #LahainaF...
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Bonhomme Richard Fire Investigation: Part 1 - The TimelineWhat's Going on With Shipping?May 5, 2022In this episode, Sal Mercogliano - former merchant mariner...
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- First Day Failures
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An arsonist couldn’t have picked a better time to cause maximum damage to the ship, according to the investigation. Bonhomme Richardwas a ship splayed open for the shipyard availability and, as the lead investigator noted, “was particularly vulnerable to fire: having systems tagged out for maintenance; scaffolding, temporary services, and other con...
Meanwhile, the small duty force aboard Bonhomme Richard scrambled to assemble firefighting teams and to investigate the fire’s location. Despite thick, choking smoke spreading through the ship – and amid dangers from searing heat and possible fire flashes – some sailors, including several chief petty officers, didn’t don the required firefighting e...
Thoroman, the ship’s captain, reached the base at 9:05 a.m. and met with Federal Fire and San Diego Fire chiefs at the incident command post set up on Pier 2. The fire response already was substantial, as subsequent fire alarms broadcast calls for additional help, and the call for mutual aid prompted local fire departments to send crews to the base...
Bureaucratic divisions hampered firefighting efforts, the investigation found. On that first day, BHR’s fire teams of sailors didn’t integrate with FedFire crews. Ships around the waterfront began sending teams of sailors to help fight the fire, but the effort “was unorganized” initially before a coordinated watchbill was established. For five days...
In 2012, the Navy lost Los Angeles-class submarine USS Miami(SSN-755) to arson while the ship was undergoing an availability at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Maine when a shipyard worker set a fire aboard the boat. The subsequent fire resulted in an uncontrolled blaze that cut the life of the submarine short after the Navy determined it would take $75...
Oct 20, 2021 · A Navy report on the arson fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard concludes that there were sweeping failures by commanders, crew members and others that helped fuel the blaze.
Jan 16, 2024 · Video of a fire aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard in July 2020 has been falsely shared online as showing an attack on U.S. naval forces by the Yemen-based Houthis in January 2024 during the...
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Jul 5, 2022 · Jul 5, 2022. Retired Vice Adm. Rich Brown was named accountable for the loss of the amphibious ship Bonhomme Richard but was ultimately cleared of wrongdoing in December. Six months later, he's...
