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It was a seemingly calm and uneventful day at Naval Base San Diego when sailors aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship ...
A military judge found a Navy sailor accused of starting the fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard not guilty on ... preventable,” VCNO Adm. Bill Lescher said at the time.
The fire that engulfed the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard for more than four days ... The Navy is supposed to have watch crews for the ship while it is under maintenance as well ...
A Navy investigation into the fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard concluded that although ... and this is unacceptable," Admiral Bill Lescher, vice chief of Naval Operations, said in ...
The fire that destroyed the Navy amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard last year was allowed ... the report says a junior sailor who had finished her watch shift noticed a “hazy, white ...
Now that the considerable smoke from the burnt USS Bonhomme Richard has cleared ... But he gathered his Apple watch, his iPhone, and his wallet and headed out. When he opened the hatch, Kongo ...
The cascade of errors and breakdowns involved 36 Navy personnel, the investigation found, including the commander of USS Bonhomme Richard and ... Operations Admiral Bill Lescher on a conference ...
The USS Bonhomme Richard has been burning for three days ... smoke stay indoors and keep the windows and doors closed," said Bill Brick with the county Air Pollution Control District.
Read Next: Coast Guard Watch Opens Fire After 8-Foot Shark ... aboard the "big deck" Wasp-class amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard to illustrate the difficulties the Navy has in quick ...