Welding and other hot work involved in U.S. Navy ship maintenance means a significant risk of ship fires. The 2020 fire that gutted the Wasp-class amphibian USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), causing over ...

Sailors and firefighters attempt to put out a fire aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard at Naval Base San Diego on July 12, 2020. (MCS3 Class Christina Ross/U.S. Navy) An independent government watchdog ...

A fire aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) at Naval Base San Diego, while it was moored pier side for a maintenance availability, which began in 2018. Base and shipboard ...

Responders battle a blaze on board the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) at Naval Base San Diego in July 2020. The ship was going through a maintenance availability, which began in 2018. U.S. Navy photo by ...

He was born September 20, 1943 in Chambersburg, PA the son of Herbert R. Brunner and Hilda I. Caldwell Weaver and her husband Garnet Weaver. John is survived by his wife of 52 years, Patricia “Patt” ...

When the $4-billion dollar warship USS Bonhomme Richard burned for over four days while docked right at her home port of Naval Base San Diego, the world watched a monumental disaster unfold. This ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Fleet Week, or at least what’s left of it, is now full steam ahead with the event’s signature Air Show set to take flight Friday. While the event’s usual headliners, the Blue ...

When the USS Bonhomme Richard caught fire in San Diego, a series of small failures turned into one of the Navy’s worst peacetime disasters. Miscommunication, incompatible equipment, and neglected ...

A fire broke out Wednesday on the USS New Orleans warship off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, leaving two sailors with minor injuries. The fire on the amphibious transport dock ship has been extinguished ...

The Navy declared a fire aboard the amphibious transport dock USS New Orleans extinguished following a 12-hour battle Wednesday night off the coast of Okinawa, Japan. U.S. 7th Fleet officials said the ...

A fire aboard a U.S. warship was declared extinguished early Thursday, 12 hours after it started off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, with two sailors being treated for minor injuries. The blaze on the ...