3 Navy ships return to San Diego after seven-month deployment
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Amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) returns to Naval Base San Diego. Makin Island, lead ship of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, returned to Naval Base San Diego May 23 after a deployment to U.S. 3rd, 5th, 6th and 7th Fleets where they served as a crisis-response force for combatant commanders in the Africa, Central and Indo-Pacific Commands.
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SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The amphibious assault ship Makin Island and amphibious transport dock ships San Diego and Somerset returned to home port at Naval Base San Diego Sunday, ending a seven-month deployment.
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The U.S. Navy held a decommissioning ceremony for the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) at Naval Base San Diego on Wednesday after last July’s devastating fire which left the Navy no choice but to scrap the vessel.
The Navy announced its decision to decommission and dismantle the ship back in November after an assessment concluded that the cost to restore it could be more than $3 billion and would take between five and seven years to complete. The assessment also examined rebuilding and repurposing the vessel, but determined the cost would also likely exceed $1 billion, comparatively more expensive a new-construction hospital ship, submarine tender, or command-and-control ship.
16 April 2021 (Last Updated April 16th, 2021 13:31)
The US Navy has decommissioned the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) at Naval Base San Diego, California, US.
The decommissioning follows an explosion and fire on 12 July on board the ship. Credit: US Navy.
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The US Navy has decommissioned the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) at Naval Base San Diego, California, US.
Following the decommissioning, the amphibious assault ship will be dismantled at International Shipbreaking’s facility in Texas, US.
The decommissioning follows an explosion and fire on 12 July last year on board the ship. There were no fatalities reported.
USS Bonhomme Richard formally decommissioned
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The USS Bonhomme Richard was formally decommissioned Wednesday. Photo courtesy U.S. Navy
April 15 (UPI) The fire-damaged USS Bonhomme Richard was formally decommissioned in a ceremony at Naval Base San Diego on Wednesday.
Wednesday s ceremony highlighted the history of the ship, the Navy said in a press release.
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It was the third to bear the name Bonhomme Richard, which is a rough French translation of Good man Richard, and is derived from Benjamin Franklin s pen name.
The ship s history includes deployments to East Timor in 2000 for peacekeeping and humanitarian operations as well as offloading Marines and their equipment into Kuwait in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, according to the Navy.