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Eugene

(62,646 posts)
Thu Apr 18, 2024, 04:44 AM Apr 2024

Navy Ship Slated to Help Build Gaza Aid Pier Forced to Return to Port as Experts Warn of Other Delays

Source: Military.com

Navy Ship Slated to Help Build Gaza Aid Pier Forced to Return to Port as Experts Warn of Other Delays

Military.com | By Konstantin Toropin
Published April 17, 2024 at 5:35 pm

The Navy revealed that one of the ships it deployed to support the mission of building a pier to deliver aid to starving residents in Gaza was forced to turn back last week after it suffered a fire in its engine room.

The incident comes as the Pentagon's self-imposed deadline of having the pier operational and delivering the needed aid by May rapidly approaches, and experts say there are other delays and problems cropping up with the mission.

The USNS 2nd Lt. John P. Bobo "experienced a fire in the engine room while in transit to the eastern Mediterranean Sea" on April 11, and while the crew evacuated the area and used portable extinguishers to put out the fire, the ship had to return to Jacksonville, Florida, using just one engine, "for further assessment," according to a Navy statement provided Wednesday.

When the Pentagon first announced the plan to use the Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore, or JLOTS, platform to construct the pier that would serve as a way to quickly deliver large amounts of aid to war-torn Gaza in early March, spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said the pier would be operational in the next 60 days.

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Read more: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/04/17/navy-ship-slated-help-build-gaza-aid-pier-forced-return-port-experts-warn-of-other-delays.html

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Navy Ship Slated to Help Build Gaza Aid Pier Forced to Return to Port as Experts Warn of Other Delays (Original Post) Eugene Apr 2024 OP
2nd lieutenant isn't a Navy rank. Basic LA Apr 2024 #1
John P. Bobo was a Marine. Eugene Apr 2024 #2
Thanks, I misread the article! Basic LA Apr 2024 #3
 

Basic LA

(2,047 posts)
1. 2nd lieutenant isn't a Navy rank.
Thu Apr 18, 2024, 07:08 AM
Apr 2024

That just jumped out at me. But I guess these are sort of navy auxiliary ships. Gets a little confusing. Hope no one was injured in the fire.

Eugene

(62,646 posts)
2. John P. Bobo was a Marine.
Thu Apr 18, 2024, 07:25 AM
Apr 2024

From Wikipedia:

John Paul Bobo (February 14, 1943 – March 30, 1967) was a United States Marine Corps second lieutenant who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Vietnam War on March 30, 1967.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_P._Bobo
 

Basic LA

(2,047 posts)
3. Thanks, I misread the article!
Thu Apr 18, 2024, 07:41 AM
Apr 2024

I thought it was quoting a Navy spokesman on what happened aboard the vessel.
Still, odd that the ship's name includes the man's rank.
Hope no one was injured in the fire.

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