Originally Posted by
Excargodog
I know it’s easy to criticize and that the crew mostly was ashore and most of the yard dogs these days are civilian, but for an alleged warship to take this much damage without even being in a battle just seems wrong. They may have to write her off...
Rear Adm. Philip Sobeck, commander of Expeditionary Strike Group 3, told reporters Sunday evening that while "there was a report of an internal explosion," the Navy is still unclear on the cause of the fire. He insists the ship will sail again.
He may mean towed out to sea to be a coral reef...my brother (Navy Nuke) seems to think the amount of damage sustained to the structure would not be salvageable.