Refer to previous post " Ship fire - Texas "
Witnessed this same type scenario off - Key West in 1962 while serving aboard a Navy Destroyer -
one afternoon; we broke off an Anti - Sub operations, once we saw that a North bound Freighter had smoke coming out of it's forward holds!
We went along side to offer a fire suppression team with foam - they denied our boarding and
they stated that they would just try to contain the fire on board by keeping the hatches closed and ventilation off...
Then they sailed off into the evening sunset as the ship continued to burned out of control!
** They were very fortunate that the cargo fire aboard was only cotton which just smolders!
Then later we saw that ship had not sunk but had been become disabled and was towed and into the quarantine area with all the paint burned off the hull in Port Everglades, FL ...
Sad - when help was offered they chose to play the money game and lost everything!
BTW: The key things that every Navy Ship must control is to maintain the water tight integrity of the ship and the suppression all on board fires... Then ensure that all ship's control systems are operational and able to function!
We all were trained in ship board fire prevention and suppression in Boot camp!
** They were very fortunate that the cargo fire aboard was only cotton which just smolders!
Then later we saw that ship had not sunk but had been become disabled and was towed and into the quarantine area with all the paint burned off the hull in Port Everglades, FL ...
Sad - when help was offered they chose to play the money game and lost everything!
BTW: The key things that every Navy Ship must control is to maintain the water tight integrity of the ship and the suppression all on board fires... Then ensure that all ship's control systems are operational and able to function!
We all were trained in ship board fire prevention and suppression in Boot camp!
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