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2020-07-19 -Short Attention Span Theater-

WTF? US Navy orders to General Dynamics NASSCO to stop work after fire on USS Kearsarge

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Posted by 3dc 2020-07-19 09:48|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 About along the lines of the Air Force stopping production of Boeing's delivery because of trash in the airframes.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-07-19 09:59|| 2020-07-19 09:59|| Front Page Top

#2 From a Navy Times article:
"In a phone call Saturday, Anthony Paolino, a General Dynamics NASSCO spokesman, said the incident involved an ember landing on plastic, causing it to melt and smoke, but said there was no larger fire."
Translation: What with the Debacle at Diego, we're gun shy at the moment. Still, better safe than sorry.

Posted by ed in texas 2020-07-19 10:14|| 2020-07-19 10:14|| Front Page Top

#3 Not unreasonable to pause for a safety audit.

Posted by Skidmark 2020-07-19 10:40|| 2020-07-19 10:40|| Front Page Top

#4 ...FWIW, I grew up around a shipyard; my Dad was an engineer there. Fires on ships were a regular occurrence, especially on vessels being refitted or repaired - but 99% of the time, they were extinguished long before they ever became a serious threat.

But that one percent....

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2020-07-19 11:55|| 2020-07-19 11:55|| Front Page Top

#5 Re: #4, Malformed link, Corrected link is here!

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2020-07-19 13:02|| 2020-07-19 13:02|| Front Page Top

#6 #5 Re: #4, Malformed link, Corrected link is here!
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2020-07-19 13:02

Seeking Cure,

Thank you - it's appreciated!

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2020-07-19 14:15|| 2020-07-19 14:15|| Front Page Top

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