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Bonhomme Richard fire

AllAmerican75

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Well, the ship seems to be aready damaged beyond the level CV-13 Franklin suffered in 1945... Repair might be more expensive than new LHA cost but there's still the possibility to sink her alongside the berth to stop fire within hull. Another several hours afloat may be disastorous since she could capsize due to the weight of firewater poored in her.

I guarantee they've got some sort of dewatering plan going on. Either they're running pumps and eductors or they've cut holes in her to drain the water out.
 

BigRed389

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Shit that’s actually progress compared to last evening. I’ll take it. Amazingly some of the C4I antennas on aft mast are still standing.

And I'm surprised they are not using a longer line on the bambi.... but then again I don't think Navy trains on vertical reference long line techniques.

I had no idea HSC could even do that. At one point looked like you might as well have called for Cal Fire water bombers...
 

RedFive

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pilot
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Welp, that dude just turned all his videos to private. If I find any other current ones, I'll post them.

I had no idea HSC could even do that.
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The Marines also play sometimes...
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Griz882

Frightening children with the Griz-O-Copter!
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Griz882

Frightening children with the Griz-O-Copter!
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I just looked at Fore Flight and there is a TFR over the base there. I watched one helicopter fly over and leave using the traffic setting.
 

exNavyOffRec

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I guarantee they've got some sort of dewatering plan going on. Either they're running pumps and eductors or they've cut holes in her to drain the water out.

I could see them using portable eductors and pumps, I doubt installed eductors are operable as the electrical system is more than likely shot, the way the boats were shooting water into the side of the ship it makes me wonder how much they have filled up the engineroom.
 
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