09-30-2022, 18:02
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Sailor acquitted in USS Bonhomme Richard fire
The Navy's USS Bonhomme Richard was destroyed in a fire while docked in San Diego to undergo millions of dollars in maintenance.
I kind of thought the guy may have been a scapegoat. Now some officers up the chain of command might start feeling some heat. It's still baffling how a large ship made entirely of steel could be destroyed in a fire.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/naval-sai...hard-san-diego
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10-01-2022, 06:46
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Originally Posted by mojaveman
It's still baffling how a large ship made entirely of steel could be destroyed in a fire.
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There were similar questions as to the fall of the twin towers.
The fire softened and melted large sections. From some of the pictures, I think other soft meltable metals were used to save weight.
In one of the articles, the defense, in closing, shaded the prosecution by implying they ignored the "real" evidence. I wonder if there will be a second trial.
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10-01-2022, 08:38
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Structure is an interesting study. Fire in a wood structure is burning the gas within the wood , basically charring the wood, failure is more predictable, if you will.
In a steel structure fire creates a sudden failure within the bonds of the metal, the structure generally under greater stress fails suddenly.
https://internationaltimber.com/reso...-and-concrete/
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10-01-2022, 10:45
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I kind of thought the guy may have been a scapegoat.
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Now, the Navy would never do something like that, ... cough, Iowa.
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10-01-2022, 15:39
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Now, the Navy would never do something like that, ... cough, Iowa.
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Precisely.
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10-04-2022, 09:55
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Now, the Navy would never do something like that, ... cough, Iowa.
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Pearl Harbor, USS Indianapolis, USS Pueblo, gawd the list is endless...
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