As the naval engineering community struggles with initiatives of reduced manning, computer integration, and use of commercial standards, many new technological advances are helping to make these changes possible. There are, however, areas of shipboard operations and engineering where the use of “old technology” used in conjunction with “new philosophies and configurations” are just as important; shipboard fire protection is one such consideration. Fire protection on the strategic SEALIFT LMSR (large medium speed RO/RO) ships is accomplished by the use of structural fire protection, fire zoning, detection and alarm systems, and suppression systems. These systems blend passive and active operation, which resulted from an extensive evolutionary process, starting with the operational requirements document (ORD) and has continued through installation, testing, and commissioning. This paper will concentrate on the largest and at times the most debated of these systems: the cargo hold foam fire protection system.
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