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U.S. Navy Aims to Have Fire-Damaged USS George Washington in Japan by Late September

Started by Scott Jarkoff · 10 months ago

U.S. Navy Aims to Have Fire-Damaged USS George Washington in Japan by Late September
The Navy hopes to fix a fire-damaged aircraft carrier that sparked protests over safety fears in time to have it arrive in its new home port in Japan in late September. Relatively minor structural repairs are nece ... Continue reading »

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  • LM

    11 months ago

    According to the news, today, an investigation has turned up the fact that the fire was started by a sailor smoking in an unauthorized area, causing flammable items to ignite.
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  • Scott Jarkoff

    11 months ago

    I saw that, along with the CO and XO getting fired. Seems to me that if you allow personnel to smoke in the same room flammable material is stored then you are destined to have a catastrophe.
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  • LM

    11 months ago

    Indeed, that is setting up a definite catastrophic situation. I did read that the CO and XO were fired...and now on shore duty pending further investigation.
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