“July 12, 2020 was a lazy Sunday morning at Naval Base San Diego. USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), which had been commissioned only two years earlier, had recently made the base its new homeport and was docked as it underwent a maintenance availability.

But, the silence of that morning was rocked by an explosion a few minutes before 9 a.m., changing everything for the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship…”

Hutto, B. (2023, March 16). Shipboard fire a constant threat: Bonhomme Richard tragedy an enduring lesson in fire prev. Naval Sea Systems Command. https://www.navsea.navy.mil/Media/News/Article-View/Article/3329366/shipboard-fire-a-constant-threat-bonhomme-richard-tragedy-an-enduring-lesson-in/