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The U.S. Navy has announced a broad range of nonjudicial punishments and letters of censure for the leadership of the amphib USS Bonhomme Richard, whi...

The U.S. Navy has announced a broad range of nonjudicial punishments and letters of censure for the leadership of the amphib USS Bonhomme Richard, whi...

The Navy focused punishments on Bonhomme Richard's leadership and its fire response team in the wake of the worst warship fire outside of combat in recent history.

The Navy has issued a letter of censure to the former commander of its U.S. Pacific Fleet, alleging leadership failures stemming from the fire in San Diego.

The Navy has issued a letter of censure to the former commander of its U.S. Pacific Fleet, alleging leadership failures stemming from the fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard in San Diego.

This post has been updated with an additional statement from U.S. Pacific Fleet. More than 20 sailors were punished for the four-day fire that led to the loss of the warship Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) in 2020, the Navy announced Friday. The actions ordered by U.S. Pacific Fleet commander Adm. Samuel Paparo include letters of reprimand […]

Vice Adm. Richard Brown, now retired, is the highest ranking officer publicly reprimanded for the loss of the ship.

The Navy also says it has issued 27 "individual disposition decisions" regarding fire prevention, readiness and response efforts aboard the ship, which burned for days off the coast of San Diego in summer 2020.

“Without WTIs, I can’t produce more WTIs. Without the WTIs, I can’t do advanced training. I can’t do development. I can’t do experimentation. I can’t influence the requirements process,” he said.

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