Navy charges sailor with setting fire that destroyed warship
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Posted Jul 29, 2021 6:19 pm ADT
Last Updated Jul 29, 2021 at 6:25 pm ADT
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.
The Associated Press
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