***public domain image, from Wikipedia not the news source.***
***public domain image, from Wikipedia not the news source.***
Someone above mentioned cutting into the hull. That’s exactly what should be done. And forget using a oxy- acetylene torch. Get a oxy-arc BROCO torch with exothermic rods used for underwater cutting. Those BROCO cutting torches will cut that hull plate like butter. The Seals over at Coronado have these and the Navy diving units have them. Start up at the bow where that fireboat is pissing on the hull and get some water on the fire. Just damn!
It just breaks my heart to see that.
Yikes! Wouldn’t surprise me if she’s done and dusted at this point. The repair costs would almost certainly run into the tens of millions at the absolute minimum, more probably the hundreds of millions. (The Miami would have cost $450m-$700m to repair, which is why they scrapped her.)
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