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By Megan Rose (ProPublica) On the morning of July 12, 2020, the first orange flickers of destruction took hold in the bowels of the hulking USS Bonhomme Richard as it...

NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Through two days of testimony, defense attorneys sought to disarm the government’s case against a young sailor accused of setting a fire that led to the destruction of an amphibious warship in 2020. The attorneys called on over a dozen witnesses to refute the Navy’s contention that Seaman Recruit […]

Closing arguments are expected to happen Thursday. Then the case goes to the judge.

NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO, Calif. — The government’s prosecution against a young sailor accused of arson, which ultimately destroyed an amphibious warship in 2020, centers on one shipmate’s claim he saw that sailor where the fire started shortly before it was reported. That’s the picture Navy prosecutors painted last week during Seaman Recruit Ryan Sawyer […]

After the USS Bonhomme Richard fire, investigators found missing fire hoses, a broken sprinkler system and other systemic failures. The Navy is still ac...

After the USS Bonhomme Richard fire, investigators found missing fire hoses, a broken sprinkler system and other systemic failures.

The Navy is prosecuting a sailor for arson in the 2020 fire that destroyed the Bonhomme Richard, even as a Navy investigation showed shipwide failures in fire safety.

A sailor was so unhappy with his life as a deck seaman after failing to become a Navy SEAL that he ignited a spark that turned into a blaze that burned and destroyed the $1.2 billion dollar warship, according to Navy prosecutors.

Seaman Recruit Ryan Mays, 21, is on trial at a San Diego Navy base accused of setting the 2020 fire on the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard

Seaman Recruit Ryan Mays, 21, is on trial at a San Diego Navy base, accused of setting the 2020 fire that wrecked the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard.