USNI News: Navy Charges Sailor with Arson, Hazarding a Vessel in 2020 Fire of Bonhomme Richard
The Navy has filed charges against a sailor for allegedly deliberately starting a fire last year that quickly spread and consumed much of the interior of amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6), the service announced Thursday.
“The sailor was a member of Bonhomme Richard’s crew at the time and is accused of starting the fire,” Cmdr. Sean Robertson, a U.S. 3rd Fleet spokesperson in San Diego, said in a statement.
The fire began in the morning of July 13, 2020, as the ship was berthed at Naval Base San Diego.
It burned for nearly five days and later lead to the Navy’s decision to decommission and scrap the ship, which began commissioned service in 1998 and carried tens of thousands of Marines and sailors across the globe and to combat zones over the years.
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WNU Editor: Someone's gotta pay the $3 billion bill that the US Navy is now saying was deliberately set.
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