Gerald Ford's fire was caused by Iranian missile strike.

600 sailors were grounded due to smoke. US Navy claimed that fire originated in the dryer vent of the ship's laundry spaces. Another claim was that the fire was caused by crew who did not want to fight the Iran War. The fire raged for 30 hours racing through the ship's 21 interconnected ventilation trunks, electrical busways and HVAC ducts. This is consistent with damage caused by missile warheads detonating below the waterline. This coincided with timing of Iranian missile salvos on March 11 triggering the Gerald Ford's withdrawal despite claimed mission capable status; and the retaliatory strike by the US on Iran's anti-ship missile launchers near Bandar Abbas.

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MoveAlong · 70-79, M

I was dubious about the accidental fire claim. Other than an enemy attack the worst threat to a navy ship is fire. All military ships have what is called a deluge system (and other countermeasures) that can quickly and effectively overcome a fire. It happens but it is rare for a small fire to become a big fire on a warship.

hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M

I think both Air Craft Carriers in the region have been hist by Iran. I hear Iran sank a supply ship as well. The ship was carrying thousands of missiles. 12 years worth of missiles blew up and sank the ship. Fortunately (according to reports) all the crew survived. There is another supply ship heading there but they are going around Africa to avoid the Red Sea which would put them in range of Iranian missiles. The missiles fired were fired by the Houtis ..

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SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

Putting about an unsubstantiated claim of sabotage by your own sailors (effectively accusing them of mutiny) is pretty despicable.

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

Yeah, this is as fishy as the claim that Kuwait "accidentally" shot down 5 F-15s in a week.

Musicman · 61-69, M

Are you happy about this?

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Musicman · 61-69, M

@sree251 @ron122 Because to many people block you so you need multiple accounts.

sree251 · 41-45, M

@Musicman

Because to many people block you so you need multiple accounts.

I see. Thanks for enlightening me on the SW culture. I do get blocked now and then. I move on.

Musicman · 61-69, M

@sree251 You are very welcome.

swirlie · 31-35, F

The USS Gerald Ford was obsolete before it even came off the drawing board and the Pentagon knew that, but they had the damn thing built anyway for $1Trillion USD.

The reason it was deemed "obsolete" before construction began was because it could be sunk in a heartbeat from a single ballistic missile shot from a foreign adversary, or even from friendly fire which the US military has been getting quite good at over the years if you've been keeping score!

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