Bonhomme Richard
Americannoun
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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
Bonhomme Richard that destroyed the warship, injured more than 60 military and civilian firefighters, and took four days to extinguish at a San Diego naval base in July 2020.
From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 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
The flagship, the Bonhomme Richard, was a worn-out old East Indiaman, which Jones refitted and armed with six eighteen-pounders, twenty-eight twelve-pounders, and eight nine-pounders—a battery of forty-two guns.
From Paul Jones by Hutchins Hapgood
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