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 ...

San Diego is one of three finalists in contention to host the 2029 Invictus Games, the organization behind the competition said Wednesday. The other two cities are Aalborg, Denmark and Daejeon, South ...

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 ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – Two crew members of the USS Bataan were injured after a fire on the ship Saturday morning at General Dynamics, which is located on 200 Ligon St. Fire officials confirmed they ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Fire-Rescue crews responded to a ship fire aboard the USS Bataan at General Dynamics Saturday morning. Firefighters responded around 8:50 a.m. after reports of a fire on a ...

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 ...

WHITE BEACH NAVAL FACILITY, Okinawa — The USS New Orleans left Okinawa on Thursday for its homeport in Japan more than a week after U.S. and Japanese sailors and Japan’s coast guard extinguished a ...