The US is sending the USS Gerald R. Ford to Crete to investigate the cause of the fire.

The United States is removing the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) from the Red Sea and sending it to a NATO naval base in Crete. According to the Greek publication Kathimerini, the ship is expected next week.

The American aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, which suffered a fire last week, is being pulled out of Operation Epic Fury against Iran. However, this is temporary. According to available information, the ship will leave the Red Sea, where it is currently located, and head to Crete, where it will refuel at a naval base. An investigation into the cause of the laundry fire will also be conducted, as one theory suggests the arson was deliberately set to interrupt the carrier's lengthy mission.

The Gerald R. Ford will arrive in Crete next week, but the exact timing has not been announced. The aircraft carrier's stay at the naval base has also not been disclosed, but it will certainly not be for several days. The investigation is expected to take quite some time.

It was previously reported that a fire broke out in the nuclear aircraft carrier's laundry room on March 12. The cause is believed to be a vent in a dryer. Whether this is true or not will be determined by the investigation. It took over 30 hours to extinguish the fire. As a result, the ship lost its laundry room, and the sailors lost their personal belongings and over 600 beds. However, the propulsion system and air wing were undamaged. Therefore, the aircraft carrier remained in the Red Sea, participating in the operation against Iran.

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[rytik32]

They pretended they weren't afraid of the Houthis!

[Murmur 55]

rutik32 They'll either throw sanitary pads with condoms into the latrines or set the laundress on fire, hooliganism.

[Mouse]

Spontaneous combustion... What is there to investigate...

[vadson]

Quote: Mouse

Spontaneous combustion... What is there to investigate...

It's a pity it didn't burn out much, please try again.

[hrych]

30 hours of burning? It burned for more than a day? There's a laundry there, apparently more than half the aircraft carrier. Are demobilized soldiers very afraid of germs?

[novel66]

What about automatic fire extinguishing systems? What should they be like?

[griboedov09]

I don't think there's a fire suppression system in the utility and residential buildings. How do you imagine it's like a shopping mall with sprinklers on the ceiling? There, everything's made of metal cables, and not only would a fire electrocute everyone, but the ship's electrical systems can reach up to 400 volts. The cargo holds contain fuel, ammunition, freon, and nitrogen foam.

[Lako]

Well, typically, when designing an automatic fire suppression system, a schematic is provided for shutting off the power to the facility it's protecting. There are also dry powder and gas extinguishing systems. But you're right about that. In residential buildings, they usually only design fire alarms and fire notification systems. I just have a hard time imagining how raging a fire that started in a ship's laundry room must have been, how it took over a day to extinguish. And why it wasn't contained immediately, using primary fire suppression equipment.

[Lako]

And on top of that, 30 beds burned down. So it wasn't just the ventilation shaft and the laundry room; the living quarters were also on fire. And there were reports of wounded. This all seems a bit out of place with what the Americans are saying.

[hrych]

Quote from lako

30 beds burned down

More than 600 beds burned down.

[Micha1981]

It looks like the aircraft carrier is defective, or rather, not all the problems have been fixed.

[paul3390]

Did the air conditioner explode?

[novel66]

Every spontaneous combustion has a name and a title

[novel66]

And they drilled a hole in the toilet on the ISS. Nothing sacred.

[Mouse]

My hands had nothing to do, but they were itching...

[novel66]

The Texas mare wanted to go home.

[Mouse]

This is the official version.... History is silent about the rest....

[novel66]

Don't forget where I work. This is the correct version.

[Mouse]

Look, I trust you as I trust myself!

[isv000]

Quote: Murmur 55

rutik32 They'll either throw sanitary pads with condoms into the latrines or set the laundress on fire, hooliganism.

The Ford's commander is a woman, that's one. The crew has been at sea for a year now, that's two. The ship's voyage has been extended until May, that's three.
With such components, it's a ticking time bomb, and given the presence of booze on board, a mutiny or sabotage could occur, at the very least. When you've been supporting yourself autonomously for a year, and they extend your sentence until May, and then send you off to fight the Persians, you're bound to waste your last shirts on the toilets...

[Blanket]

So this puzzle turns out to be about Gerald R. Ford.

[ZovSailor]

rytik32
Today, 18: 05
They pretended they weren't afraid of the Houthis!

As always, they will suspect the long arm of the Kremlin.
Well, God himself ordered to remind about the spirit of Anchorage, now offering a meeting in Moscow for three with the living Epstein (Bibi, according to rumors, has passed away, and Sarah is in grief and cannot).
The Kremlin has been moving towards this meeting for a long time.

[knn54]

USS Gerald R. Ford-smelly ship.

[TermNachTer]

It's unknown how the fire occurred or where it burned. The ship's structures could have been damaged. Thirty hours of open fire could have destroyed the steel's properties. The court has a pretty decent repair shop; they'll check it out, and maybe they'll send it to Norfolk. Anyway, if the fire is confirmed, that would be pretty cool. A black repairman decommissioned a nuclear-powered submarine. Too bad he didn't manage to decommission an aircraft carrier.

[pvs512]

Kilometers of cables between the compartments have burned out, and it will take at least a month to replace them.

[TermNachTer]

I don't know who downvoted you, but I think your point is very sound. It's important to understand that it wasn't just the cable runs that burned out, but also the seals in the bulkheads (or whatever they have there).

[Konstantin Konstantinovich]

Hardly a month. It was, as they say, arson/sabotage/subversion, and until the military forensics and investigators have completed their investigation, with all the consequences, no one will change anything at the scene of the alleged crime. So the aircraft will only be parked off Crete for a month at best! But even if, by chance, a technical malfunction does go awry, a State Commission will be needed, including representatives of the shipbuilders and manufacturers of the other damaged equipment, and that's a hell of a lot of people. Most likely, the damage is very serious, otherwise the crew would have fixed it themselves on the spot. So, they can't, serious forces are needed. Perhaps a technical inspection team will arrive in Crete to confirm the ship's seaworthiness, but in any case, the aircraft can't be left stranded on the island for long—the Persians will get to it. If the technicians' conclusions are unambiguous—the ship is navigable and that repairs are only possible at the naval base—the aircraft will be prepared for an emergency crossing of the Atlantic to the country. Some of the crew from the damaged compartments and decks may be removed to Crete, and they will be subject to pressure from Military Police investigators.

[TermNachTer]

Generally speaking, yes. The ships may be at the western end of Crete, but Persian missiles can reach them. And an aircraft carrier near the pier is a hard target to miss. Even if it's close, the hydrodynamic shock will do its job. Therefore, I think the Ford won't linger at Sud; it'll carry out the bare minimum of work and then leave. The question is, which way?

[ZovSailor]

rytik32
Today, 18: 05
They pretended they weren't afraid of the Houthis!

In our age of space and internet dominance, it turns out that the mattress-dwellers' ship has fears even more frightening than the commander's office.

[bayard]

Quote: rytik32

They were afraid of the Houthis!

It looks like the US has its own "Battleship Potemkin." This ship represents a significant milestone for the US. The system is clearly breaking down. But for now, it's working.
Trump is a good crisis manager, but he will only save the United States. And how he will manage it... But oil prices are bound to rise for a long time and stay at least at $100-120 per barrel. And NATO will have to go on an autonomous voyage.

[Murmur 55]

The sailors achieved what they wanted: they left the danger zone. And the investigation is... who will officially admit that the crew was scared and committed suicide? After all, Trump has already "won" and, in general, American sailors are the cleanest sailors in the world.

[Irokez]

Quote: Murmur 55

American sailors are the cleanest sailors in the world.

And the snipers are the most sniper-like ones, they can even hit someone in the ear.

[Murmur 55]

Iroquois Well, you can't say that. Look at Berenger, how he daringly went wild through the jungle with his snot-nosed partner, and Wahlberg, and Cooper. But seriously, when necessary, these specialists are quite capable of hitting moving objects—the Dallas incident is an example. And they even carried out Trump's ally when necessary.

[pvs512]

They must know what happened to Abraham Lincoln, so they deliberately set it on fire.

[sleeve]

These Americans are masters of ship layout and gods of habitability! 600 Maremmans slept in the laundry, on beds (just in case)! Or are citizen sailors, following a centuries-old tradition, deigning to rest in hammocks in the 21st century, and those hammocks were just sent to the laundry? How many "beds" is 600 in the crew quarters and cubic meters of the hull, to be honest?

[Murmur 55]

sleeve The cubes on the boxes are different, there is no standard, at least on Soviet-built ships, and I think the Americans have the same "song".

[Zoldat_A]

Alexander, !

Quote: Murmur 55

The cubes on the boxes are different, there is no standard, at least on ships

I don't know about ships, but in the barracks, according to the 1993 Internal Service Regulations, it was 12 cubic meters of air per person. I served under the Soviet Internal Service Regulations. I honestly didn't study them in detail, but we were told it was either 6 or 8—I can't remember exactly now—but it certainly wasn't 12.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: sleeve

600 "beds" is how many cubicles and cubic meters of the hull, to be honest?

In the army, we're allowed 12 cubic meters of air per soldier in barracks (1993 UVS). On a ship, I'd imagine, it's MUCH less. And even outside of a ship, 12 cubic meters per soldier is generally a rare luxury in barracks. I've never seen anything like that, for example. Unless you count the corridors with restrooms and stairwells, too...

[rocket757]

Their affairs, their problems, why do we care?

[Junior Private]

Hitting the laundry room precisely would be pretty cool. That's where they were aiming. Think about it, Americans, maybe next time they'll hit the latrine.

[KVU-NSVD]

Apparently, his Red Sea voyage wasn't much of a show-off. Otherwise, there's no way to explain the ship's withdrawal in the midst of a military operation. Well, a fire in the laundry room isn't exactly considered such a thing.

[Murmur 55]

KVU-NSVD There is a show-off, and not a small one, but the loss of such a ship or simply obvious damage would deal such a blow to the prestige of the US Navy that they decided to play it safe.

[alovrov]

It strongly resembles the accidental ammunition fire on one of the flagship cruisers, which then sank.

[kind]

Someone threw a jar of pickles into the air conditioner! The brine shorted out the power, and the circuit breaker didn't trip—it was shorted out by the brine, too!

[zelivee]

Well, now there's going to be an epidemic of fires in laundries and clogged toilets. After all, we need to somehow turn our betrayal into a mess.

[salawat1980]

Are they sure McCain isn't on board? It would have been better if he'd stayed, that would have given them a better chance. Although, in the Suez Canal, you don't even need targeting. They could plant a mine in his belly. And at the same time, block the Suez Canal with such a piece of iron.

[isv000]

Quote: salawat1980

I'd like to plant a mine under his belly. And at the same time, block the Suez Canal with such a piece of iron.

What's the point of all this fuss? There are those hooligans, sitting idle for now. They stopped Crete with a word of "Charles," now Ford has shit itself—and they haven't even started yet! They'll block the Bab el-Mandeb and the Khan Suez. They'll have to smoke up the sky with their distant gardens. They could, of course, bow to Russia, but that's too much of a hassle...

[salawat1980]

So the Houthis are closest to the Suez Canal. That's what we were talking about.

[alexputnik17]

Very interesting .
In all fairness, the best partisans were concentrated not in Belarus, but on American ships. Fires in the laundries took a full 30 hours to extinguish (!), and sewer problems.
And how can a laundry room be interdependent with 600 decommissioned beds? The fire there was fine overall, right? Or is my American logic just a bit off?

[Vicente]

He will go anywhere, but not to the Persian Gulf, because there is no one to fight with there, well, there are no worthy opponents....

[Polak_Polak]

Pralnia? Chyba pralnia mózgów! Ja bym zmierzył radioaktywność wokół tego okrętu...

[Victor19]

If you're going to fight with "epic fury," then fight! Otherwise, you see, there are no beds, no laundry, and they're leaving the BD theater.

[Vasyan1971]

Quote: Victor19

If you're going to fight with "epic fury", then fight!

So far, they're only destroying latrines with "epic fury"...

[AlexTss]

From Iran to Cyprus in a straight line is 2k+ a little bit km...
If the Persians have a missile with such a range, then why not fire it at a stationary target...
And not just once...

[Essex62]

Well, the whole gang is probably with him, they'll shut him down. Or is it just a warrant for the theater of operations? How do they organize it?

[mc1aren]

sometimes diarrhea, sometimes scrofula...

[vitaliy20091959]

eh, the Persians would like a couple of ballistics there at this moment

[snow mountain]

Quote: rytik32

They pretended they weren't afraid of the Houthis!

In fact, the Red Sea is the Houthi domain!

[OSE4Kinsura]

They're burning pads and diapers! The toilets and laundries are in tatters, but the shit doesn't sink...

[RR_Vernadsky]

Our fleet is being criticized, but they themselves have disgraced themselves)

[Dmitry Rigov]

The US still has about ten aircraft carriers in service, while we only have one, Kuzya, and it’s not even clear whether it will ever make it out of repairs.

[Essex62]

We don't care. We don't project power across the planet. We trade in our "national treasure" quietly.

[Vasyan1971]

The United States is removing the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) from the Red Sea and sending it to a NATO naval base in Crete.

I looked at the map. A mad dog wouldn't go a hundred miles to wash his pants...

[alexputnik17]

Quote: Vicente

He will go anywhere but to the Persian Gulf because there is no one to fight with there, there are no worthy opponents.

And hypersonic flies, for some reason.

[alexputnik17]

In addition, there are also powder and gas fire extinguishing systems.

CO2? The rooms are sealed together, I suppose? To increase buoyancy?

[bar]

A fell, B disappeared, who remained on the pipe?
All hope for Nimitz from the scrap heap?