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NYT reports that one of the US aircraft carriers has to withdraw to port due to a laundry room fire. About 600 sailors lost access to their bunks.

The fire, according to two officials, began in the vent of a dryer in the ship’s laundry facilities and quickly spread. Sailors battled the blaze for more than 30 hours, officials and sailors said.

The Navy did not respond to a request for comment. Central Command said in its statement that the fire caused “no damage to the ship’s propulsion plant, and the aircraft carrier remains fully operational.”

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[–] SenatorCollins@aussie.zone 20 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Well, there are a lot of these ships going around the world all the time, and very seldom does anything like this happen. I just don’t want people thinking that U.S. aircraft carriers aren’t safe.

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 11 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Was this U.S. aircraft carrier safe?

[–] SenatorCollins@aussie.zone 8 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Well, I was thinking more about the other ones.

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 1 points 12 minutes ago

I just noticed your display name. Nice.

[–] deacon@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] obre@slrpnk.net 9 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah, the ones the vent doesn't catch fire

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Well, are there any design constraints? What are they?

[–] towerful@programming.dev 2 points 44 minutes ago

Well, non-flammable vents for one thing

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

THere's nothing out there… there's just sailors, and dirty laundry, and no bedding… and a fire.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 hour ago

Nice #TheFrontFellOff homage