SWO Wrote:
Sounds like a plausible answer - obviously, things have changed quite a bit in Naval situation management since I was in the service ('60s); and that's a good thing!
Fortunately, that oil is in something like 200 tanks spread all over the ship and across four decks. They will not all "collapse" at once. Seriously, the cheapest, and safest in terms of safety of the operation, most especially for divers, is to maintain the boom around her that already exists, and the sweep gear standing by. There is a Coast Guard Strike Team there to do just that. Once one or even a few tanks collapse, the problem can be maintained and vacuumed up. Then you wait for the next one. This show isn't going to be over, if ever, for another 100 years or more.
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