USS Bonhomme Richard, Navy assault ship damaged by fire, should be sunk, lawmakers say

[rangerrebew]

USS Bonhomme Richard, Navy assault ship damaged by fire, should be sunk, lawmakers say
Last July, more than 21 people suffered minor injuries in an explosion and fire on board
 
By Frank Miles | Fox News
 
A bipartisan group of 22 lawmakers from Congress is asking Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas W. Harker to "save taxpayers millions of dollars" and sink the irreparably damaged USS Bonhomme Richard somewhere near Florida, according to a report.

"The USS Bonhomme Richard is an ideal candidate for artificial reefing and would be welcomed by the people of Florida," according to a letter from the members of Congress to Harker excerpted by WTVT, the Fox-owned TV station in Tampa.

The letter also said, "...based on the state's experience, we believe that the U.S. Navy will spend significantly less than $30 million and be able to proceed in an expedited timeline to sink it in Florida as an artificial reef. It is our hope that you will send the USS Bonhomme Richard to Florida where its story and legacy can continue."

https://www.foxnews.com/us/uss-bonhomme-richard-navy-assault-ship-damaged-by-fire-should-be-sunk-lawmakers-say

[rangerrebew]

Tow it to Florida just to sink it?  I've got a better idea.  Make it a tourist attraction in Alaska.

[sneakypete]

Why not scrap it and get some cash back out of it to return to the taxpayers?

[Fishrrman]

The communists will have a better use for the Bonhomme Richard.

It will be refitted to become a floating "transit prison", ferrying political prisoners from the lower 48 to Prudhoe Bay -- from where they'll be delivered to re-education and work camps above the Arctic Circle...

[rangerrebew]

The communists will have a better use for the Bonhomme Richard.

It will be refitted to become a floating "transit prison", ferrying political prisoners from the lower 48 to Prudhoe Bay -- from where they'll be delivered to re-education and work camps above the Arctic Circle...

That's the solution!  No doubt about it.  One more thought, though.  They could refit it and make it a presidential alzheimers unit.  They had better hurry as we have the first resident ready to go.