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Sounds like this fire was more than just an inconvenience to the laundry … 600 sailors now sleeping on the deck and on tables which suggests at least the smoke damaged much more than the laundry room, but not any combat related systems on the ship.

Fire on the U.S. Aircraft Carrier Gerald R. Ford Raged for Hours, Sailors Say

The Ford is now entering its 10th month of deployment after arriving in the Middle East from the Caribbean.

www.nytimes.com

Was just about to post this...

That was quite the fire!

 

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Sounds like this fire was more than just an inconvenience to the laundry … 600 sailors now sleeping on the deck and on tables which suggests at least the smoke damaged much more than the laundry room, but not any combat related systems on the ship.

Fire on the U.S. Aircraft Carrier Gerald R. Ford Raged for Hours, Sailors Say

The Ford is now entering its 10th month of deployment after arriving in the Middle East from the Caribbean.

www.nytimes.com

I am not singing up to read, but 30 hours sounds like the time fighting, then overhauling/clearing gases/cleaning.

When PRO had it's fire most of the crew in the after house were forced to relocate because of the smoke contamination. People were living all over the ship, to the point that we started using every magnetic surface in the Cox'n's Office to mark where people were living with the magnetic nametapes we had been using for the bunking whiteboard.

We never recovered the spaces because we lost power, but with power and a massive crew, I can see regaining spaces in 30 hours being reasonable.