Bonhomme Richard
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In 2020, a fire aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard, a $1.2 billion Navy amphibious assault ship, burned for nearly five days in San Diego and the vessel eventually had to be scuttled.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 8, 2023
The Navy prosecuted a sailor for allegedly setting the USS Bonhomme Richard on fire.
From Salon • Feb. 1, 2023
He served on the Bonhomme Richard, the ship that was destroyed in a fire in 2020, and at bases in England and the Naval Air Station Lemoore in California.
From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2022
A sailor accused of starting the fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard will face a court-martial for arson, the Navy said Friday.
From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2022
Paul Jones, a Scottish sailor, who held a commission from congress, infested the coasts of Scotland and Ireland, and in 1779 received a ship from the French government, which he called the Bonhomme Richard.
From The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration by Poole, Reginald Lane
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