Saturday, April 10, 2021

Bonhomme Richard will be decommissioned in San Diego next week before being towed elsewhere to be scrapped

 


via Los Angeles Times

After extensive cleanup and reclamation in the wake of a July inferno, the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard will be decommissioned in San Diego next week before being towed elsewhere to be scrapped, the Navy said in a statement.

Navy officials said in November that although the Bonhomme Richard was salvageable, the time and price of repair — five to seven years at an estimated $2.5 billion to $3.2 billion — were too steep to warrant saving the 22-year-old ship.


The Navy plans to hold a small decommissioning ceremony Wednesday with limited attendance. Then the ship will be towed to a scrapyard, said Cmdr. Nicole Schwegman, a Naval Surface Force Pacific spokeswoman.

She died from maintenance, not enemy action.  



How much did we lose in treasure? via Wikipedia...Cost of replacement was estimated about $4 billion (2020 dollars).[13]

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