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The former commanding and executive officers of the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard were each fined $5,000 as punishment for failing to prepare the ship and its crew to fight the July 2020 fire that destroyed the vessel, records obtained by the Union-Tribune show.

The service released heavily redacted reprimand records for six leaders on the Bonhomme Richard it says bear some responsibility in the 2020 fire

Maritime News and Analysis

Maritime News and Analysis

The U.S. Navy can still be set on the right course should its leaders choose to listen.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin named Rear Adm. John Wade as the commander of the Joint Task Force – Red Hill, according to a Monday statement from Austin. Wade is currently the director of operations, J3, for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, a role he’s had since October 2020. As the commander of the task force, which […]

In the next couple of years the Navy hopes to have six Independence-class Littoral Combat Ships operating in the Western Pacific at a given time, the service’s top surface warfare officer said this week. “In the Indy class, we continue to deploy them to the Western Pacific – trying to keep that 3.0 presence out […]

The US Navy (USN) conducted successful operations employing unmanned aerial and surface platforms during Exercise ‘Rim of the Pacific' (‘RIMPAC') between 29 June and 4 August in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California, accord...

The U.S. Navy has announced a series of accountability actions in response to the 2020 fire on board the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) in San Diego. The punishments are...

The punishments included reprimands for the former leadership of the warship, which was destroyed in 2020 at a base in San Diego.