User talk:Jimexcelcs

February 2011
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minor edit
Please read wp:minor.Slatersteven (talk) 14:24, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Personal Interview
Hi, I just interviewed a survivor of this incident who lives in my town, Florence, AL, and wanted to offer these personal accounts. I don't know what is "proper" to add here based on anecdotal evidence, but I want to get these posted somewhere while still fresh in my mind. These are observations from Fred W. Rodgers, mechanic on the USS Enterprise at the time of the explosions. I will post my article here once it is published buy my article will not contain these details.

She ship was 75 miles from Hawaii.

The planes were fully loaded due to a "Operations Readiness Inspection" that was required before the ship sailed for the Philippians. That is why all the planes were loaded with bombs and and fueled.

There were over 6,000 people on board - far more than the "4600" is see mentioned elsewhere. Perhaps 4600 is the normal capacity? Unknown.

The explosions happened at 7:40am local, not the 8:15-ish I see here. Mr. Rodgers says he knows this because he had just finished "chow" and was in front of his locker getting his gear on (way down in he engine room) when the event happened.

The second explosion killed most of the deck repairmen that were just below the flight-deck.

There were 90 to "over 100" planes on the ship at the time.

One of the support ships behind the Enterprise had fire hoses but the Enterprise was too hot for his men to pump water to the flames. The captain of the other ship had his men strap the hoses to the ends of the large gun barrels of the support ship, then maneuvered the ship towards the flames and aimed the water jets by aiming the gun barrels which helped quickly contain the fire. Parts of this ship can be seen in some pictures of the incident.

April 2019
Welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions, but in one of your recent edits to USS Enterprise fire, it appears that you have added original research, which is against Wikipedia's policies. Original research refers to material—such as facts, allegations, ideas, and personal experiences—for which no reliable, published sources exist; it also encompasses combining published sources in a way to imply something that none of them explicitly say. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. Thank you. BilCat (talk) 20:47, 9 April 2019 (UTC)


 * While I can certainly agree with your assertion, I *think* I can argue that my edit is properly sourced. Yes, my inside information on attaching the fire hoses to the gun barrels came from "personal experience," but the picture on the side of the page clearly shows the fire hoses attached to the gun barrels. So my brief explanation explains why that is the case. Jimexcelcs (talk) 13:25, 10 April 2019 (UTC)