This What Happen When Massive Fire Spread Inside US Aircraft Carrier

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modern Naval vessels are among the largest and most sophisticated boats ever to sail, in many cases they also cost billions of dollars.

but despite how advanced these various ships have become they are nonetheless weapons of war.

as a result they carry thousands of pounds of bombs missiles, in the case of aircraft carriers there are also vast supplies of jet fuel and up to 75 aircraft on board at any given time.

but, while an enemy attack might seem like the most likely worry a fire breaking out on board could potentially, be far more devastating first the presence of so many flammable and explosive material on board pose a problem when it comes to fighting.

the fire second the average naval ship could be hundreds of miles away from Assistance or a friendly port at any given time.

with no other boats in the area the crew has to fight any fires on their own.

on board a U.S Navy vessel every crew member receives firefighting training.

though there are specific men and women assigned to lead the crew if a fire were to break out, it's essential that everyone be able to take action and put out the fire as quickly as possible.

fighting a fire means using hoses and other suppressant devices to contain the Blaze and keep it from spreading.

to do this properly, crew members must work as a team and coordinate their efforts as best, as possible in fact a big part of any fire drill is practicing, these sorts of coordinated movements.

drills for such an event involve every member of the flight deck crew regardless of their assigned job, this training paid off in 2011, when an F-18 performing a touching go caught on fire.

before the aircraft could get back on the flight deck the crew members of the USS Carl Vinson were already preparing to deal with a potential fire.

within seconds they had covered the F-18 in fire suppressant foam putting out the fire saving the plane most importantly saving the pilot.

fortunately not all shipboard fires require the fast action of the crew, Naval systems worldwide also have several automated systems designed to reduce the potential for a fire.

to spread among the most notable of these is a fire suppression phone, system these are generally installed in the ship's Hangar, where they can rain down thousands of gallons of foam in just a few seconds.