US carrier Ford, deployed in war with Iran, to go to port temporarily after fire (www.reuters.com)
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 18 Mar 01:23
https://lemmy.world/post/44406008

The U.S. aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford, deployed in operations against Iran, is expected to temporarily pull into port after a fire on board, U.S. officials said on Tuesday, the 18th day ‌of the war with Tehran.

The carrier, America’s newest and the world’s largest, is currently located in the Red Sea. It is expected to temporarily go to Souda Bay on the Greek island of Crete, the two officials said.

The warship has been deployed for nine months, including taking part in operations against Venezuela in the Caribbean ⁠prior to arriving in the Middle East. The length of the deployment has raised questions about morale of the sailors on board and the readiness of the warship.

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Gsus4@mander.xyz on 18 Mar 02:18 next collapse

Sooo…Iranian drone…or disgruntled sailors/smoking accident/old less maintained ship?

chocrates@piefed.world on 18 Mar 02:25 next collapse

Maybe the pipes to the shitter exploded

frongt@lemmy.zip on 18 Mar 02:35 next collapse

She was laid down in 2009, so not very old. The Nimitz class dates to the 70s.

magnetosphere@fedia.io on 18 Mar 02:50 next collapse

I’ll bet on poor morale, which led to an accident. You’d have to be out of your mind to want the ship you’re trapped on to catch fire.

FaceDeer@fedia.io on 18 Mar 03:28 collapse

I could imagine someone thinking a small fire might be safer than the ship carrying on to Hormuz.

gnutrino@programming.dev on 18 Mar 07:00 collapse

Nobody is running a carrier through Hormuz and no one aboard would think they might be heading there, that’s not how any of this works. Escort/freedom of navigation work would be done by destroyers or smaller vessels.

FaceDeer@fedia.io on 18 Mar 07:27 collapse

How many layers of "nobody would be stupid enough to..." deep are we into this situation at this point?

LincolnsDogFido@lemmy.zip on 18 Mar 14:28 collapse

Nobody would be stupid enough to suggest that the Trump administration is stupid enough to do all of these things.

theneverfox@pawb.social on 18 Mar 05:20 collapse

A lint fire. And honestly, I believe it - there’s been a pattern of maintenance issues and sloppiness causing problems this year

Tollana1234567@lemmy.today on 18 Mar 07:25 next collapse

maybe the firing of competent leadership by hesgeth might have something to do with it

neidu3@sh.itjust.works on 18 Mar 07:48 collapse

Plus she was supposed to be in port for scheduled maintenance ages ago, but then someone started moving carriers around to feed their ego. Deferred maintenance is never a good thing.

Melonpoly@lemmy.world on 18 Mar 10:04 next collapse

First the blocked toilets and now this

kreskin@lemmy.world on 18 Mar 10:11 next collapse

200 sailors injured in a “laundry room fire”. uh huh.

frongt@lemmy.zip on 18 Mar 11:31 collapse

Smoke inhalation is no joke.

Scrambling around in firefighting gear on a ship (limited visibility and hearing from the hood and smoke, slippery from the water) leads to plenty of injury too.

village604@adultswim.fan on 18 Mar 19:03 collapse

Also, I would imagine the laundry room on a carrier is pretty massive.

Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca on 18 Mar 12:18 collapse

A fire……at a Sea Parks?