Navy failing to learn lessons from shipboard fires over the years: GAO
Since 2008, the Navy has suffered at least $4 billion in damages form shipboard fires.
Since 2008, the Navy has suffered at least $4 billion in damages form shipboard fires.
Vice Adm. Roy Kitchener says the number is driven by the service's requirements, and that his team will "make it work."
Vice Adm. Richard Brown, now retired, is the highest ranking officer publicly reprimanded for the loss of the ship.
The new NAVSEA office is being established in response to an estimated $6 billion spent in recent years to repair or replace fire-damaged vessels.
The new policy comes as a result of the loss of the Bonhomme Richard in July 2020.
A senior Navy admiral says the service is "pretty good" at firefighting at sea, but conceded "education" and "spot checking" is necessary at the shipyards.