Admiral Mike Gilday, the chief of naval operations, visited San Diego to inspect the USS Bonhomme Richard – where a fire that took four days to battle was one of the worst to rip through a U.S.
The Navy has suffered significant losses from 13 fires on ships undergoing maintenance since 2008. The Navy investigated these fires, including one on board the USS Bonhomme Richard in 2020. Based on ...
A fire aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) at Naval Base San Diego, while it was moored pier side for a maintenance availability, which began in 2018. Base and shipboard ...
USS Bonhomme Richard was a four billion dollar amphibious assault ship undergoing upgrades in San Diego to support F35B operations. After nearly two years in the shipyard, the vessel was packed with ...