-
inferno on the
flight deck and, when
firerooms 1 and 2 were
found to be inoperable,
entered the No. 3
fireroom and
directed the
raising of
steam in one...
- two
fireroom,
causing loss of
power and
severe damage; her bow
collapsing back to the hawsepipes, her port side
badly ruptured, and two
firerooms open...
-
Gamble was hit just
above the
waterline by two 250 lb (113 kg) bombs. Both
firerooms immediately flooded and she
became dead in the
water with two
holes in...
- the
flying bomb,
struck her
starboard waterline abreast of her
forward fireroom, exploded, and
broke her in two. She sank quickly,
killing 73 of her crew...
- the
engineering plant until he saw that all
boilers were
secured and all
fireroom personnel had left
their stations. — John J.
Tominac Army
First Lieutenant...
- to the
black gang in No. 1
Fireroom having kept the
auxiliaries operating to
clear the
stack gas from the
other firerooms and
bleeding steam from No....
-
ruptured the port
water main,
reducing water pressure to the
three forward firerooms and
forcing the ****ociated
boilers to be shut down. The ship
could still...
- exploded, Lt. Jones,
accompanied by 2 of his shipmates,
rushed into the
firerooms and
drove the men
there out,
dragging some,
carrying others to the engineroom...
- with
flaming gasoline.
Instantly flooded in her
after engine room and
fireroom, she
battled against flames and
exploding ammunition on deck and, maneuvering...
-
Australian ships. On 12
December 1974,
Edson suffered a fire in the
after fireroom while training with USS Coral Sea. The fire was
caused by the ignition...
