However, staffing shortages threaten progress and oversight. GAO found that key organizations responsible for fire safety ...
The 2020 fire that destroyed USS Bonhomme Richard exposed a chain of preventable failures: disabled suppression systems, missing hoses, poor housekeeping, and weak command oversight. -In fact, the ...
A new Government Accountability Office report says the Navy is falling short of its fire safety goals in the wake of the ...
It is too early to make any predictions or promises of what the future of the ship will be," a senior Navy official said.
The fire burned for four days and severely damaged the ship to the point that the Navy decided to scrap it rather than repair it.
A helicopter from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 3 combats a fire aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) at Naval Base San Diego, July 14, 2020. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass ...