Download or read book Impact of the USS Forrestal 1967 Fire on United States Navy Shipboard Damage Control written by Henry P. Stewart and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis examines the impact of the 1967 flight deck fire on the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CVA 59) and the resulting two investigations, on the development of U.S. Navy damage control doctrine and equipment. The first investigation focused solely on the Forrestal fire; the second assessed the safety of aircraft carrier operations throughout the U.S. Navy. Both investigation reports included several proposals to improve shipboard damage control. The thesis found that most of these recommendations were successfully implemented, substantially enhancing shipboard damage control capability over the long term. Successful implementation of these proposals depended on the following: strong support by, long-term involvement of, and resourcing by the Chief of Naval Operations; as well as broad agreement by senior Navy leaders that the proposed changes were necessary based on lessons learned from the two investigations. Training and material deficiencies appeared to be non-controversial and thus relatively easy to correct; proposals that did not mesh well with Navy culture and existing personnel practices appeared especially controversial and were not successfully implemented.
Download or read book The Impact of the USS Forrestal s 1967 Fire on United States Navy Shipboard Damage Control written by Henry P Stewart and published by Nimble Books. This book was released on 2023-11-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: US aircraft carriers are more important, and more vulnerable, than ever. The US Navy knows a lot about damage control for large ships (even if it sometimes appears to forgotten what it once knew!). This thesis is important for anyone who wants to understand how carriers keep fighting (or don't): which should be anyone who's interested in naval affairs. Discover the untold story of the USS Forrestal fire and its transformative impact on shipboard damage control in the US Navy. This thesis explores the two investigations conducted after the fire, which resulted in recommendations to improve shipboard damage control. It found that most of these recommendations were successfully implemented, enhancing shipboard damage control capability. The thesis also discusses the factors that contributed to the successful implementation of these proposals. Additionally, it examines the unsuccessful improvement ideas and their implications for the Navy. The thesis concludes that the Navy significantly improved damage control training, equipment, and warship design as a result of the lessons learned from the USS Forrestal fire. This annotated edition illustrates the capabilities of the AI Lab for Book-Lovers to add context and ease-of-use to manuscripts. It includes five types of abstracts, building from simplest to more complex: TLDR (one word), ELI5, TLDR (vanilla), Scientific Style, and Action Items; four essays to increase viewpoint diversity: Context in the Discourse, Formal Dissent; Red Team Critique; and MAGA Perspective; and Nutshell Summaries for each page.
Download or read book Corruption and the Management of Public Safety written by Simon Ashley Bennett and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-03-05 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Graft is a common and persistent social pathogen that afflicts the developed and developing world in equal measure. This book describes, through the medium of international case studies, how graft undermines public safety and how, following a near-miss, incident or accident, investigators can use actor-network theory (ANT) to ascertain to what degree and through what mechanisms graft contributed to the event. The book introduces the reader to graft through a variety of case studies and explains how graft works against the public interest. The relatable case studies include the 1989 Hillsborough football stadium disaster, 2007 Adam Air crash, 2015-ongoing Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal and 2020 Beirut ammonium nitrate explosion (Lebanon). It demonstrates the threat graft poses to public safety, economic success and corporate and national reputation. By the end of the book the reader will understand the nature and extent of the problem of graft, how graft undermines safety, confidence and reputation, and how ANT can be used to identify and quantify graft in respect of the governance of technological systems and to ascertain to what degree and through what mechanisms graft contributed to a near-miss, incident or accident. Primarily aimed at an academic audience, this book will offer essential insights to students, researchers and faculty within the fields of risk, crisis and disaster management, as well as corporate governance and safety. The accessible nature of the book will also appeal to safety practitioners, risk managers and accident investigators.
Download or read book Bloody Sixteen written by Peter Fey and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Vietnam aircraft carrier USS Oriskany and its aviators come to life in a well-researched memorial to the fallen of Carrier Air Wing 16 (CVW-16). Fey explores how the disconnect between failed military strategy and the reality the crew of CVW-16 faced during Operation Rolling Thunder resulted in the highest loss rate of any carrier air wing during Vietnam"--
Download or read book Risk in Extreme Environments written by Vicki M. Bier and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Risk in Extreme Environments presents a wide-ranging discussion of approaches for assessing and managing extreme risks. Extreme events are not only severe, but also outside the normal range of experience of the system in question, and can include environmental catastrophe; engineering failure; financial or business meltdown; and nuclear or other extreme terrorism. The book focuses on synthesizing research results in a way that provides insights useful to decision makers, and enables them to ask probing questions about the risks faced by their organizations, identify creative solutions, and minimize the neglect of extreme risks that can come from a focus on mundane or ordinary management challenges. The book details case studies on nuclear power, infectious diseases, and global catastrophic risks, in addition to sections on risk assessment, risk management, and risk perceptions. Since effective management benefits from an interdisciplinary perspective, the chapter authors include experts in economics, engineering, geography, law, political science, psychology, sociology, and science in addition to risk analysis. Risk in Extreme Environments is an accessible and valuable resource for risk managers and other decision makers responsible for large complex business and government decisions, while also providing enough detail and references to be informative for risk analysts interested in learning more about technical aspects of the various methods.
Download or read book Off Earth written by Erika Nesvold and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2024-10-01 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can we do better in space than we’ve done here on Earth? We’ve pinpointed the destination, refined the technology, designed the habitat, outfitted our space residents. Are we forgetting something? A timely reminder that it’s not just rocket science, this thought-provoking book explores the all-too-human issues raised by the prospect of settling in outer space. It’s worth remembering, Erika Nesvold suggests, that in making new worlds, we don’t necessarily leave our earthly problems behind. Accordingly, her work highlights the complex ethical challenges that accompany any other-worldly venture—questions about the environment, labor rights, and medical ethics, among others. Any such venture, Nesvold contends, must be made on behalf of all humanity, with global input and collaboration. Off-Earth thus includes historical and contemporary examples from outside the dominant Western/US, abled, and privileged narrative of the space industry. Nesvold calls on experts in ethics, sociology, history, social justice, and law to launch a hopeful conversation about the potential ethical pitfalls of becoming a multi-planet species—and, ideally, to shed light on similar problems we presently face here on Earth. Space settlement is rapidly becoming ever more likely. Will it look like the utopian vision of Star Trek? Or the dark future of Star Wars? Nesvold challenges us to decide.
Download or read book Handbook of Fly Ash written by Kamal K. Kar and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2021-11-07 with total page 869 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The drive to develop more sustainable materials has made fly ash a valuable raw material in many different applications. Comprehensive and authoritative, Handbook of Fly Ash highlights the latest research efforts to develop the properties of fly ash to maximum utility while safeguarding the environment. This book takes an interdisciplinary approach to the research into the classification and compositions of various types of fly ash, such as bottom ash and boiler slag, special classes of fly ash, and their sources around the globe. This is followed by a discussion of fly ash-reinforced composites, such as elastomer-based composites and metal matrix composites. This book also covers a wide range of applications of fly ash in cement, concrete, bricks and blocks, road construction, wastewater treatment, and scrubber sludge solidification. - Highlights the recent developments in the utilization of fly ash including its preparation, functionalization, properties, and handling. - Places a focus on a wide variety of fly ash applications including recent innovations, such as alkali-activated binder, polypropylene composite, and geopolymer concrete. - Includes comprehensive coverage of the characteristics of fly ash with a particular focus on health hazards if it is not properly disposed. - Discusses fly ash-reinforced composites, such as polymer/elastomer-based composites and metal matrix composites.
Download or read book Justification of the budget estimates Navy defense agencies and NATO written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Military Construction Appropriations and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 1308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Military Construction Appropriations for 1988 Justification of the budget estimates Navy defense agencies and NATO written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Military Construction Appropriations and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 1292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Military Construction Appropriations for 1988 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Military Construction Appropriations and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 1310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Investigation of Forrestal Fire written by Chief of Naval Operations and published by . This book was released on 2022-10-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Naval Accidents 1945 1988 written by William M. Arkin and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book USS Franklin CV13 War Damage Report No 56 written by Navy Department and published by Nimble Books. This book was released on 2023-12-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Familiarity with the history of damage control for fires on aircraft carriers will likely be a crucial proficiency for naval professionals and navalists throughout the world when the next war in the Pacific occurs. The Franklin was the most heavily damaged US carrier to survive an attack. Its official story is instructive, inspiring, and essential. This 1945 document provides a detailed account of the damage sustained by the USS Franklin CV during two separate actions in October 1944 and March 1945. The damage was primarily caused by suicide plane crashes and bombing attacks, resulting in severe fires and explosions on the ship. The document highlights the effectiveness of the ship's firefighting systems in the first action but notes that they were overwhelmed in the second action. It emphasizes the importance of effective damage control efforts and training to eliminate fire hazards and rapidly extinguish fires. The document also discusses recommendations for improvements in damage control techniques and equipment, including better access and escape routes, improved drainage systems, and the relocation of certain facilities. Overall, the document emphasizes the major hazards faced by aircraft carriers, particularly the threat of fire, and the need for continuous efforts to prevent and extinguish fires. As a bonus, a twenty-page 1942 report on the loss of USS Wasp (CV7) to submarine torpedoes is also included. This annotated edition illustrates the capabilities of the AI Lab for Book-Lovers to add context and ease-of-use to manuscripts. It includes five types of abstracts, building from simplest to more complex: TLDR (one word), ELI5, TLDR (vanilla), Scientific Style, and Action Items; three essays to increase viewpoint diversity: Grounds for Dissent; Red Team Critique; and MAGA Perspective; and Notable Passages and Nutshell Summaries for each page.
Download or read book Naval Air War The Rolling Thunder Campaign written by Norman Polmar and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2016-01-05 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the sixth monograph in the series The U.S. Navy and the Vietnam War. It covers aircraft carrier activity during Operation Rolling Thunder in the war. Operation Rolling Thunder was one of the longest sustained aerial bombing campaigns in history. And it would be a failure. The U.S. Navy proved essential to the conduct of Rolling Thunder. Exploiting the inherent flexibility and mobility of naval forces, the Seventh Fleet operated with impunity for three years off the coast of North Vietnam. The success with which the Navy executed the later Operation Linebacker campaign against North Vietnam in 1972 revealed how much the service had learned from and exploited the Rolling Thunder experience of 1965–1968. The book includes several photographs with backgrounds of key aircraft used as part of Operation Rolliing Thunder during the Vietnam War. Other products relating to the Vietnam War can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/us-military-history/battles-wars/vietnam-war Other products relating to U.S. Naval History can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/us-military-history/armed-forces-military-branches-history/united-states-navy-usn-history Other products published by the U.S. Navy History and Heritage Command can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/agency/902
Download or read book Sailors to the End written by Gregory A. Freeman and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aircraft carrier USS Forrestal was preparing to launch attacks into North Vietnam when one of its jets accidentally fired a rocket into an aircraft occupied by pilot John McCain. A huge fire ensued, and McCain barely escaped before a 1,000-pound bomb on his plane exploded, causing a chain reaction with other bombs on surrounding planes. The crew struggled for days to extinguish the fires, but, in the end, the tragedy took the lives of 134 men. For thirty-five years, the terrible loss of life has been blamed on the sailors themselves, but this meticulously documented history shows that they were truly the victims and heroes.
Download or read book Military Construction Appropriations written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Military Construction Appropriations and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 1300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shipboard Damage Control written by Allen M. Bissell and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
