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Lawmakers ask Navy to sink decommissioned assault ship off Florida coast
By FOX 13 News staff
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A helicopter from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 3 combats a fire aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) at Naval Base San Diego, July 14. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Garrett LaBarge/Rele
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After a major fire damaged a Navy assault ship, the US Military has been considering what to do with the massive, decommissioned watercraft.
A group of lawmakers says they have the answer: sink it off the coast of Florida.
In July 2020, flames ravaged the USS Bonhomme Richard, an 844-foot-long Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, as it was moored pierside at Naval Base San Diego. The fire burned for four days, injuring dozens of Navy and fire fighting personnel.