Fire, Fire, Fire...

OldRetSWO said:
The terms used would probably be something like:
"This is a Drill, This is s Drill
FIRE FIRE, Class Bravo Fire on the Hanger Deck
Provide from Repair One"

And then on to "DING DING DING DING General Quarters General Quarters. . ." And so on
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Yep!!

That brings back even more memories! Just like you described...

Eh, I'm an AF guy....30 years....

As I said, it still impresses me to this day.

Steve
 
Capt MJ said:
Fire-fighting, drill or real, when done at sea, takes on an entirely order of urgency when you are fighting for your ride home thousands of miles from land.
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My second ship had several actual fires, most at sea and thankfully pretty small. The only significant one was at the pier, at night, on a weekend when I was CDO. For the non-Navy folks reading this, I was approx 4 yrs after graduation and in charge of a large ship with a crew of 500 or so. The captain and every officer senior to me were not aboard so controlling this was up to me. Not a fun or easy time but we persevered. Only injury aboard was a bruised shoulder from forcing a door open.
 
flieger83 said:
Yep!!

That brings back even more memories! Just like you described...

Eh, I'm an AF guy....30 years....

As I said, it still impresses me to this day.

Steve
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I was never a ship's Damage Control Assistant or Chief Engineer (folks responsible for firefighting, etc) but I attended
shipboard firefighting school a total of eight times over the course of my career. This is a live firefighting experience with
real fires to fight as well as heavy hoses, low visibility, etc. This is how we build that ability into the DNA of the force.
 
I OP'd this nine months ago so I'll post this link. Sad ending for a warship.

news.usni.org

VIDEO: Navy Decommissions USS Bonhomme Richard In San Diego Waterfront Ceremony - USNI News

USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) was decommissioned today, 22 years into a 40-year expected service life, following a fire last summer on the amphibious assault ship that damaged the island and flight deck beyond affordable repair. The fire broke out during a pier-side maintenance availability, on a...
news.usni.org news.usni.org
 
Devil Doc said:
The hull of BHR transiting the Panama Canal on the way to her scrapping appointment. Sad
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😢 The decommissioning and disposal of a USS ship is always hard to watch. It’s one thing to serve a long and distinguished career and be properly celebrated at a formal ceremony, another to “die in battle,” but awful to burn with many years left and be junked.
 
Devil Doc said:
And he is an NFO. Maybe the above post lumped NFOs and aviators together.
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NFOs usually consider themselves part of the naval aviator family, but often qualify it with “as a back seater” or “as a FO.”
 
Capt MJ said:
NFOs usually consider themselves part of the naval aviator family, but often qualify it with “as a back seater” or “as a FO.”
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I understand and guess I took the use of the term "aviators" too literally.
Wishful said:
@Capt MJ: Is it unusual for a Naval Aviator to become CO of a ship??
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By law carrier COs must be aviators, otherwise its very rare for a CO of a ship to not be a SWO
 
Devil Doc said:
I understand and guess I took the use of the term "aviators" too literally.

By law carrier COs must be aviators, otherwise its very rare for a CO of a ship to not be a SWO
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In this case, "Aviators" includes both Pilots and NFOs. Both of them are eligible to command squadrons
and Airwings and both do so. Generally, I've seen a lot more pilots command wings and CVNs but NFOs can
and do also get those billets.

By the way, the law regarding only Aviators commanding Aircraft Carriers is followed for CVNs but not LHDs or LHAs. Both
LHDs and LHAs can be commanded by SWOs OR Aviators. Curiously, LPHs which were replaced by the LHA/LHD were also Aviator
commanded platforms.
 
OldRetSWO said:
In this case, "Aviators" includes both Pilots and NFOs. Both of them are eligible to command squadrons
and Airwings and both do so. Generally, I've seen a lot more pilots command wings and CVNs but NFOs can
and do also get those billets.

By the way, the law regarding only Aviators commanding Aircraft Carriers is followed for CVNs but not LHDs or LHAs. Both
LHDs and LHAs can be commanded by SWOs OR Aviators. Curiously, LPHs which were replaced by the LHA/LHD were also Aviator
commanded platforms.
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Devil Doc should know that
 
I never busted the chops of NFOs for not flying in the front seat.
There were a few Marine pilots and Naval aviators who treated them poorly, but never around me.
 
Capt MJ said:
😢 The decommissioning and disposal of a USS ship is always hard to watch. It’s one thing to serve a long and distinguished career and be properly celebrated at a formal ceremony, another to “die in battle,” but awful to burn with many years left and be junked.
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Was in San Diego for youngster cruise when the USS Dixie was decommissioned. People were all over it like locusts stripping it of any interesting bits. My father served on a Dixie class tender (USS Yosemite) and got a souvenir for him.
 
My dad made two table lamps out of fire nozzles from the remnants of the USS Saratoga where he served during WWII. Two of his most prized possessions which he firmly believed brought him good luck. He survived many battles on that ship while seeing shipmates die around him, and used those fire nozzles to extinguish engine room fires. He was always sad when any Navy ship was scrapped.
 
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