Fire Damage to USS Bonhomme Richard Extensive, Navy's Top Admiral Says
23 Jul 2020
Military.com | By Gina Harkins
Flames and flooding from a four-day firefight on a Navy amphibious assault ship left 11 of the vessel's 14 decks damaged, the service's top officer told other senior leaders this week.
Sections of the Bonhomme Richard's flight deck are warped and bulging after the fire that broke out six decks below it on July 12 spread across much of the ship, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday wrote in a Wednesday message to flag officers and master chiefs. Gilday in the memo, which was obtained by Military.com, detailed what he saw when visiting the ship last week.
"As you are aware, the damage is extensive; there is fire and water damage, to varying degrees, on 11 of 14 decks," Gilday wrote, as first reported by Defense News. "With the flight deck as a reference, I walked sections of the ship 5 levels below and had the opportunity to examine the superstructure. The island is nearly gutted, as are sections of some of the decks below."
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