To my understanding, every sailor is a firefighter. Wasn’t the USS Forrestal a wake-up call for the US Navy in regards to it’s firefighting abilities??? Or is the new female pregnant Navy not up to the task any longer. God help us if we go to war!( Just a burned out former Gyrene venting)
Your post spoke to me. Mirrored what Ive been thinking since this started.
I served on a ship that had a well deck that almost ran the entire length of the ship. If the fire started in the well deck or the turnaround we had multiple systems that would have drenched any fire. I watched the deck division activate the welldeck salt water system that would wash down the entire welldeck including the turnaround. What about balasting down and flooding the welldeck? I e got so many questions. Especially how the fire moved unchecked into the living spaces. Did they not use the watertight doors to isolate the fire?
Even Marines have to take firefighting when they are attached to a ship. At least air wing Marines do.