“We did not come to this decision lightly,” Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite said.
The Navy has decided to scrap the USS Bonhomme Richard, the amphibious assault ship that caught fire over the summer in San Diego, officials announced Monday.
Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite said the decision was made after officials determined the damage was too extensive and the cost of repair too high to justify salvaging the vessel.
“We did not come to this decision lightly,” Braithwaite said.
"Following an extensive material assessment in which various courses of action were considered and evaluated, we came to the conclusion that it is not fiscally responsible to restore her.”
The fire broke out July 12 and took four days to extinguish. The ship, which works to deploy elements of Marine landing forces, was based at Naval Base San Diego after having spent six years in Japan.
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WNU Editor: This hurts. This is a major US Navy warship that will no longer be in the fleet.
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