PEARL HARBOR (June 28, 2022) – Peruvian Navy corvette BAP Guise (CC-28) arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to participate in Rim of the Pacific (U.S. Navy photo by Maria G. Llanos)
Peruvian Navy Ship Catches Fire During Massive Military Exercise Near Hawaii
At approximately 8 a.m. Hawaii time, US Navy watch officers received reports of a fire and potential injuries aboard a Combined Task Force ship. The ship, which has not yet been identified, was participating in the US Navy’s RIMPAC exercise, the world’s largest international naval warfare exercise which is held every two years.
The Peruvian Navy released a statement acknowledging that its corvette Guise suffered a fire that was extinguished by the crew and with support from foreign units nearby. Two crewmembers suffering from burns were medevaced to Honolulu.
#Peruvian corvette #GUISE CM28 suffered an engine room fire while taking part in #RIMPAC exercises at sea Sunday 17 July. Two injured crew members were medevaced to Honolulu. French frigate PRAIRIAL F731 was in company, airlifted injured, released these images. Last view shows.. pic.twitter.com/YU9gOHNjuv
At 1:40 p.m. the US Navy reported the fire in the engine room aboard the burning ship was extinguished and two critically injured sailors were evacuated by a helicopter and transported to the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln.
The Military Sealift Command rescue and salvage ship USNS Grasp (T-ARS 51) sits at anchor in the Black Sea during Eurasian Partnership Dive 2012. EP Dive 2012, a multinational training event co-hosted by the Romanian and U.S. navies, includes participants from Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Ukraine and U.S. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Viramontes/Released)
Shortly after the fire was extinguished ship-spotters in Hawaii noticed the Navy salvage tugboat USNS Grasp departed Hawaii and set sail in the direction of the RIMPAC exercises.
It looks like one of the four fleet tugs/salvage ships left in the @USNavy, and operated by merchant mariners of @MSCSealift, has sortied from Pearl Harbor.
It would have been great to have a ship like this in San Diego two years ago for the Bonhomme Richard fire. https://t.co/OOCkoOay8N
— Sal Mercogliano (WGOW Shipping) ???????? (@mercoglianos) July 18, 2022
The USNS Grasp is one of the four fleet tugs/salvage ships left in the US Navy and is operated by US Merchant Mariners working for Military Sealift Command. The rugged construction of this steel-hulled vessel, combined with her speed and endurance, makes Grasp well-suited for rescue and salvage operations throughout the Pacific Ocean.
Grasp has three manually operated fire monitors, one on the forward signal bridge, one on the aft signal bridge, and one on the forecastle, that can deliver up to 1,000 US gallons (3,800 L) per minute of seawater. She has a bollard pull (towing force at zero speed and full power) of 68 tons.
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Watch ?? Live fire from Australian, Canadian, Malaysian & U.S. ships and aircraft sank the decommissioned ex-USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG 60). ?????????
We do not know the cause of the fire but RIMPAC 2022 does contain live fire exercises and realistic warfare simulations including the sinking of a decommissioned frigate, the USS Rodney M. Davis.
This is the first full-scale RIMPAC in four years after the 2020 exercise was significantly scaled down because of the COVID-19 pandemic. RIMPAC 2022 includes the participation of twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering cooperation among participants. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.
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