Enginemen Fedon and Payne, although badly burned, react quickly and shut off the fuel supply. Wright is the last man out of the Engine Room and secures the hatch behind him, turns and collapses into the arms of ENC Spanne and TM1 Davis in Manuevering. His skin is gone, muscles are clearly visible where the skin used to be, his arms charred stumps. Only the area behind the OBA is left unseared. The after diesels have shut down, nothing is running now.
Help has to be gotten to the men aft, especially the injured.
Cushman takes a line aft across 100 feet of open deck. 8 or 10 feet at a time between waves, he reaches the ATR hatch and secures the line. Just as another explosion can be heard and felt below, Cdr. Benitez sees TUSK approaching. Benitez he needs medical supplies as his are in the After Battery.