Pacific fleet helicopter carrier USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) in fire

[Daniel808]

There are still some heavy fire in stack, looks like Engine system in Full Loss

https://twitter.com/x/status/1282655256195858436

https://twitter.com/x/status/1282628676853669890

 

[PeacefulWar]

Am I the only one to think: thank God this is not a nuclear powered ship?

 

[onebyone]

A massive fire, likely caused by lax fire safety practices during pier-side maintenance, is currently ravaging USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6), one of America’s 10 big-deck amphibious assault ships currently in the fleet. These vessels are intended to be an integral part in holding the line against a resurgent China, and the loss of this multi-billion dollar ship—which appears likely—will be felt throughout the fleet.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/craigh...im-of-lax-fire-safety-practices/#2219f32b76a9

Good News

 

[Daniel808]

She is Totally in a mess right now

https://twitter.com/x/status/1282671718289604608

Analysis about the spreading of fire onboard

https://twitter.com/x/status/1282665118522904576

 

[Ali_Baba]

In addition to the Ship, how many Helicopters and other equipment was still on board? Were they any F35Bs on board?

 

[TheTruth]

How long until these COVID-spreading American idiots crash one of their boats into another civilian craft?

 

[Village life]

Finally Americans learning the art of burning metal from India,

 

[TruthHurtz]

Finally Americans learning the art of burning metal from India,

Honestly I love the Pak-India shade on PDF, like I be having a bad day and I see comments like this.

 

[obj 705A]

Navy Officials Fear USS Bonhomme Richard Fire Has Damaged It Beyond Repair

WASHINGTON—The fire aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard showed no sign of abating Monday, raising fears that one of the few U.S. Navy ships that can operate like a mini aircraft carrier is damaged beyond repair.

The Navy is “doing everything we can do” to save the ship, Rear Adm. Philip Sobeck, commander of the Navy’s Expeditionary Strike Group 3, said at a press conference in San Diego on Monday, a day after the fire broke out. But he said the vessel’s mast had collapsed and that there was “burn damage all the way through the skin of the ship.”

The Navy intended the ship, commissioned in 1998, to be a part of the Navy fleet for roughly 40 years. But on Monday, one Navy official said that while they still have yet to assess the extent of the damage, “it’s going to take an enormous effort” to get the ship back out to sea. Navy officials said it would take months at a minimum to repair, and some said they were worried the ship couldn’t be saved at all.

In 2012, a fire erupted aboard the USS Miami, an attack submarine, while it was in maintenance at a Maine shipyard, leading to a public debate over whether to save the ship. But the Navy decided instead that the costs would be too high to repair the ship and formally decommissioned her two years later.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/navy-o...ire-has-damaged-it-beyond-repair-11594677325?

 

[Sharma Ji]

Shame, I thought they'd be able to contain the fire and salvage it.

Tow it to Hawaii and sink it, give the fish a metal reef, could end up being a good diving attraction.

 

[IblinI]

Navy Officials Fear USS Bonhomme Richard Fire Has Damaged It Beyond Repair

WASHINGTON—The fire aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard showed no sign of abating Monday, raising fears that one of the few U.S. Navy ships that can operate like a mini aircraft carrier is damaged beyond repair.

The Navy is “doing everything we can do” to save the ship, Rear Adm. Philip Sobeck, commander of the Navy’s Expeditionary Strike Group 3, said at a press conference in San Diego on Monday, a day after the fire broke out. But he said the vessel’s mast had collapsed and that there was “burn damage all the way through the skin of the ship.”

The Navy intended the ship, commissioned in 1998, to be a part of the Navy fleet for roughly 40 years. But on Monday, one Navy official said that while they still have yet to assess the extent of the damage, “it’s going to take an enormous effort” to get the ship back out to sea. Navy officials said it would take months at a minimum to repair, and some said they were worried the ship couldn’t be saved at all.

In 2012, a fire erupted aboard the USS Miami, an attack submarine, while it was in maintenance at a Maine shipyard, leading to a public debate over whether to save the ship. But the Navy decided instead that the costs would be too high to repair the ship and formally decommissioned her two years later.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/navy-o...ire-has-damaged-it-beyond-repair-11594677325?

They just spent 200 million for mlu.