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Navy Decommissions Fire-Damaged USS Bonhomme Richard

Navy Decommissions Fire-Damaged USS Bonhomme Richard
Rear Adm. Philip Sobeck, commander of Expeditionary Strike Group Three, and Capt. G. S. Thoroman, commanding officer of amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6), salute the ensign for colors during a decommissioning ceremony for Bonhomme Richard at Naval Base San Diego on April 14, 2021. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alex Millar)

The Navy officially decommissioned the fire-ravaged amphibious assault ships USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) during a ceremony at Naval Base San Diego on April 14. A fire heavily damaged the Wasp-class ship for four days last July while it was finishing  routine pierside maintenance availability in San Diego (Defense Daily, July 17, 2020). Then in November the service revealed it decided to retire LHD-6 because it would be too costly to fix or convert it to another use compared to just…

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