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UPDATED: 21 Taken to Hospitals as Firefighting Effort Continues in USS Bonhomme Richard Fire - USNI News

This is the final version of this post. Click here for continued USNI News coverage of the fire on USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6). SAN DIEGO, Calif. – A fire that broke out Sunday morning in amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) sent 17 sailors and four civilian workers to local...

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Latest reports from SDFD that she is burning to the waterline

 

[bdpopeye]

Admiral: Bonhomme Richard fire believed to have started in the ‘Deep V’ cargo hold

Local firefighters are responding to a massive blaze on board the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard.

www.navytimes.com

 

[Fluff]

Admiral: Bonhomme Richard fire believed to have started in the ‘Deep V’ cargo hold

Local firefighters are responding to a massive blaze on board the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard.

www.navytimes.com

I hope everyone is ok. one hell of an insurance claim.

 

[downsizer]

Admiral: Bonhomme Richard fire believed to have started in the ‘Deep V’ cargo hold

Local firefighters are responding to a massive blaze on board the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard.

www.navytimes.com

Ship is bound to be a right off now.

 

[bdpopeye]

This was just released..

UPDATED 9:30 a.m. July 13, 2020: USS Bonhomme Richard Fire

Sailors reported a fire aboard the wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) while moored pier side at Naval Base San Diego.

www.navy.mil

 

[Chazman]

It's hard to imagine the Navy will repair her at this point. She just was finishing a $250 million maintenance availability. There has to be hundreds of millions in damage already. There is a report that the flight deck has collapsed. With all the hatches open and perhaps fire suppression turned off, it's easy to see how a fire could spread.

Someone really screwed up here.

 

[downsizer]

This was just released..

UPDATED 9:30 a.m. July 13, 2020: USS Bonhomme Richard Fire

Sailors reported a fire aboard the wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) while moored pier side at Naval Base San Diego.

www.navy.mil

Saw an article on Forbes suggesting a boiler overprssure and explosion. Not a sailor so not sure how likely that could be....

 

[Euroamerican]

That hi-res photo in the link is pretty ominous. The ship looks like it's brewing from stem to stern, and those flames are either coming up in the middle from the bridge/island or behind?

 

[Chazman]

Reports are that the entire island has been gutted by fire. I expect the Navy will write off this ship. Too bad, just had a quarter billion dollar update and was only 22 years old.

 

[Chazman]

The internal damage must be massive. Thank God no one was killed.

 

[bdpopeye]

A major fire in a US Navy ship in a shipyard is not unprecedented..witness Constellation fire at the Brooklyn Navy Yard 12.18.1960., 50 shipyard workers were killed.;

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Unlike Constellation I do not think Bonhomme Richard will ever sail again.

 

[Chazman]

There is also a reported 1 million gallons of fuel on board.

 

[BravoZulu]

There is also a reported 1 million gallons of fuel on board.

She is almost finished a refit. I'm assuming that like most other professional navies she would have been defuelled for the refit. There should be nowhere near that amount of fuel on board her and her tanks should have been flushed so there is no buildup of vapours in the tanks.

 

[Chazman]

She is almost finished a refit. I'm assuming that like most other professional navies she would have been defuelled for the refit. There should be nowhere near that amount of fuel on board her and her tanks should have been flushed so there is no buildup of vapours in the tanks.

Someone mentioned that it's possible they were validating the fuel tanks.

 

[morris]

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[Chazman]

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[BravoZulu]

The internal damage must be massive. Thank God no one was killed.

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View of the island superstructure showing collapsed portions with the fallen mast at right

Listing to starboard

Internals

 

[bdpopeye]

Thanks for posting the terffic photos gents. This fire is a sad, sad scene....

Sailors gather and inventory damage control equipment to provide support for firefighting efforts aboard Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

A fire continues to be fought into the evening on board USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

Firefighting Efforts Aboard LHD 6 by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr
A helicopter combats a fire aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

Sailors and Federal Firefighters combat a fire onboard USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) at Naval Base San Diego, July 12 by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

Firefighting Efforts Aboard LHD 6 by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

Firefighting Efforts Aboard LHD 6-N-CZ848-1001 by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

I think she's done for gents...I really do.

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

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

www.wsj.com