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Smoke rises from the USS Bonhomme Richard in San Diego after an explosion and fire last year at Naval Base San Diego. The U.S. Navy said Thursday that arson charges have been filed against a sailor. Denis Poroy/AP
SAN DIEGO The U.S. Navy charged a sailor Thursday with starting a fire last year that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard docked off San Diego, marking the maritime branch s worst warship blaze outside of combat in recent memory.
The amphibious assault ship burned for more than four days. Left with extensive structural, electrical and mechanical damage, the ship was later scrapped. Estimates to replace it ran up to $4 billion.
есть варвары, которые стремятся стать Западом, но не поспевают;
и есть дикари, которые не стремятся стать Западом, поэтому они приравниваются к природе камням, деревьям, животным и т. д.
Так вот, Европа смотрит на Украину не как на часть западной цивилизации, потому что по этой квалификации Украина не попадает никуда, в лучшем случае в категорию варваров, потому что там большинство русских.
Вот когда вы всех русских украинизируете, а потом украинизированных русских загоните на гей-парад, тогда мы рассмотрим ваш запрос на то, чтобы вступить
Navy charges sailor with setting fire that destroyed warship
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SAN DIEGO (AP) – The U.S. Navy said Thursday that it’s charged a sailor with starting a fire last year that destroyed a warship docked off San Diego.
The amphibious assault ship called the USS Bonhomme Richard burned for more than four days and was the Navy’s worst U.S. warship fire outside of combat in recent memory.
The ship was left with extensive structural, electrical and mechanical damage and was later scrapped.
The sailor was a member of the crew at the time.
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image captionUS Navy helicopters carried more than 1,500 water bucket drops to contain the raging fire
The US Navy has filed charges against a sailor over a massive blaze aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard in 2020 that destroyed the amphibious warship.
The sailor, whose name has not been publicly revealed, is accused of starting the fire, says Navy spokesperson Cmdr Sean Robertson.
The blaze aboard the warship in San Diego, California, where the vessel was docked, took four days to put out.
At least 40 sailors and 23 civilians were injured.
In a statement, Cmdr Robertson said the accused sailor was a member of Bonhomme Richard s crew at the time .
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Navy Charges Sailor with Arson, Hazarding a Vessel in 2020 Bonhomme Richard Fire
July 29, 2021 10:01 PM
Federal firefighters assess damage in the hangar bay aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) on July 15, 2020. US Navy Photo
This post has been updated with additional details of the sailor accused of starting the fire aboard the former Bonhomme Richard (LHA-6).
The Navy has filed charges against a sailor for allegedly deliberately starting a fire last year that quickly spread and consumed much of the interior of amphibious assault ship USS