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Bonhomme Richard

[bon-uhm rich-erd, baw-nawm ree-shar]

noun

  1. the flagship of John Paul Jones.



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In that case, the USS Bonhomme Richard, a $1.2 billion amphibious assault ship, burned for nearly five days and eventually had to be scuttled.

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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.

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The Navy prosecuted a sailor for allegedly setting the USS Bonhomme Richard on fire.

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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.

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Bonhomme Richard in San Diego Bay, was found not guilty on all counts by a Navy judge.

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