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"There is fire and water damage, to varying degrees, on 11 of 14 decks," Gilday, who visited Bonhomme Richard on July 17, wrote in the letter Defense News obtained. "With the flight deck as a reference, I walked sections of the ship 5 levels below and had the opportunity to examine the superstructure."

"The island is nearly gutted, as are sections of some of the decks below; some perhaps, nearly encompassing the 844 ft length and 106 ft beam of the ship (NAVSEA's [Naval Sea System Command] detailed assessment is ongoing)," he continued. "Sections of the flight deck are warped/bulging."

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Looking for an update on the BHR.

This is one ship that may need replacing, rather than a billion $$ repair.

[EEGator]

So, whose career is over?

[HombreSecreto]

A shipyard in Virginia where Navy ships are repaired has resumed normal operations after halting work following a thankfully much less severe fire on Bonhomme Richard’s sister ship, USS Kearsarge. Another fire broke out on the future USS John F. Kennedy, a Ford class aircraft carrier under construction at a separate Virginia yard, two days ago.

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All these incidents involved carriers. In my view, there’s a pattern.

[rktman]

So who was speaking? A CPO or some officer who got his info from a CPO? Regardless it did a bunch of damage.

[Oscar in Batangas]

USS America (CVA-66) served its final mission as a live fire exercise target.
Sadly a similar fate ought to await the BHR

[Red Badger]

The hull is compromised, too..............

[I am Richard Brandon]

Shouldn’t a warship have a very large degree of fire resistance?

[mad_as_he$$]

She’s dead Jim.

[omega4412]

Hope someone on our side is checking the national origins of the shipyard workers, especially the welders. And whether the workers have family overseas subject to threats.

[minnesota_bound]

I am watching American Restoration right now.
They could knock out the dents and repaint and make it look good as new. Just $1.2 billion.