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Probably not enough draft under the keel for the ship to actually submerge. Also, expensive for having to replace a bunch of equipment that is now dunked in sea

• tokai 6y ago
  Putting out the fire and preventing a health emergency should be put above saving equipment.
  • jki275 6y ago
    You might be dumping 900k gallons of diesel fuel in the harbor by doing that. Anyway, sinking a ship isn't easy. There's no self destruct button, and they're designed not to sink.
• bredren 6y ago
  Not to mention the sheer embarrassment. It’s one thing to choose to junk a ship. Another to do so in public after an accidental fire at port on a 1.5B mini aircraft carrier.
  • crisnoble 6y ago
    The entire county smelling the burning ship for the 3rd day today, and they estimate a week total, seems more of an embarrassment to me. The military blows through 1.5B and the public wouldn't bat an eye. Leaving a flaming ship less than a mile from a major downtown for a week, and everyone will (is) complaining at the wastefulness of the Navy. I live 6 miles away and going outside is unbearable, people are smelling it 20+ miles away in Alpine and North County. I have been trying to imagine what it is like in the neighborhoods adjacent to the base right now, it was a hot week, and many don't have AC, keeping the windows closed is a nightmare.
• m4rtink 6y ago
  Yep, check some salvage related documentaries on Youtube. Raise a ship even in harbor is far from easy, especially if it ends up on a side, which is apparently quite common.