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Jump to full article: San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune, 2008-07-31
Author: Steve Liewer / UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
Intro: Navy officials dismissed the top two officers aboard the aircraft carrier George Washington yesterday after investigators linked a massive fire May 22 to one or more sailors who carelessly smoked around flammable materials.
The blaze, which burned for 12 hours as the ship cruised off the western coast of South America, damaged 80 of 3,800 rooms aboard the carrier and will cost about $70 million to repair, said Lt. Cmdr. Charlie Brown, a Naval Air Forces spokesman.
The ship's commander, Capt. David Dykhoff, was relieved because of his superiors' “loss of confidence in his ability to command,” Brown said, while Capt. David Dober, the executive officer, was replaced for “substandard performance.”
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