Originally Posted by
Tanker
If you had read the entire thread you would have learned that a ship in shipyard maintenance is different than a ship at sea. Most of the hatches couldn't be closed due to cables running between compartments, a situation which wouldn't happen at sea. Additionally, and most important, the Halon fire extinguisher system was not operational due to it also undergoing maintenance, Again a situation which wouldn't have happened at sea. So to summarize if the ship had been at sea when the fire occurred all the hatches would have been closed to isolate the fire and the halon fire extinguishing system would have been activated to put the fire out.
Indeed, well said.
One thing - suspect Halon is for machinery spaces only. Where the fire allegedly started (Well deck) is usually covered by HPSW-fed AFFF, as is hangar. Highly likely that due to nature of the works and the timing in refit, the HPSW system had not yet been set to work and that the AFFF containers not in-situ. That will be a major part of the swiss cheese and a likely change in Navsea instructions idc.