A class “D” metal fire can not be put out with water. Water on a “D” fire actually puts off toxic fumes. This will not end well if the 1,000,000 gallons of fuel ignite. I’d move every ship as far away as possible. Personally, in the beginning when they abandoned ship, I’d have cur 4x4 holes in the hull stuck a 3” smooth bore tip in their from a fire boat and flooded the compartments on fire.
If there is a danger of the fire reaching the fuel tanks, they should scuttle the ship. Sink her at the pier. Because the water is so shallow there that would likely only flood the lower decks. But that would put a wall of water between the fire and the fuel.
Good points...And it may come to a point where the amount of water required to buffer the fuel tanks from the fire will create stability concerns including sinking or possibly capsizing.