USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6)

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The Bonhomme Richard at sea
The Bonhomme Richard at sea
Overview
Shipyard

Ingalls shipbuilding

Order December 11, 1992
Keel laying April 18, 1995
Launch March 14, 1997
1. Period of service flag
Commissioning August 15, 1998
Technical specifications
displacement

40,650 tons

length

257.2 meters

width

33.5 meters

Draft

8.2 meters

crew

104 officers, 1004 NCOs / men, up to 1894 marines

drive

2 propellers, driven by 2 geared turbines; 2 oil-fired steam boilers; 70,000 wave horsepower

speed

20+ knots

Armament

2 starters RAM , 2 starters Sea Sparrow , various guns

Aircraft

6 McDonnell Douglas AV-8 or 6 Lockheed Martin F-35 4 Bell AH-1 12 Bell-Boeing V-22 4 Sikorsky CH-53 3–4 UH-1Y Venom

The USS Bonhomme Richard ( LHD -6) is an amphibious assault ship of the Wasp class of amphibious warfare of the United States Navy . She travels regularly as part of an American Expeditionary Strike Group , a rapid reaction force for landing operations from the sea.

The name of the ship has a long tradition in the US Navy, since 1779 Louis XVI. provided the 13 colonies with a frigate built in 1765 and named Duc de Duras . Her commander, John Paul Jones , one of the first commanders in the US Navy, then renamed the ship the USS Bonhomme Richard . The reason was the writing of Benjamin Franklin 's ambassador to Paris at the time , Poor Richard's Almanack , which appeared in France under the title Les Maximes du Bonhomme Richard . The current ship is the fourth bearer of this name.

history

US Marines prepare to board the Bonhomme Richard for a mission to salvage the ferry Sewol ago

The Bonhomme Richard was built by Ingalls Shipbuilding of Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in Pascagoula , Mississippi . The keel was laid on April 18, 1995 and the launch took place on March 14, 1997. The Bonhomme Richard entered service in August 1998. Her home port is San Diego , California .

In the summer of 2010, the Bonhomme Richard took part in the multinational exercise RIMPAC . At the end of the year, the ship underwent an overhaul at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company in San Diego, which lasted until April 2011. In August 2011 she took part in the Seattle Seafair .

In April 2014, the Bonhomme Richard assisted in the rescue and security measures after the sinking of the South Korean ferry Sewol near the island of Jindo .

Incidents

The burning USS Bonhomme Richard on the evening of July 12, 2020

On August 5, 2017, an MV-22 Osprey of the US Marine Corps launched by the Bonhomme Richard crashed into Shoalwater Bay off the east coast of Australia. 23 people were saved; the bodies of the three fatalities were recovered weeks later.

On July 12, 2020, the USS Bonhomme Richard caught fire at Naval Base San Diego after an explosion on a lower cargo deck. A fire spread quickly as the fire extinguishing system was not operational due to maintenance work. Only 160 people were on board during the maintenance. Up to July 16, 1500 helicopter firefighting flights had been carried out and thousands of liters of water were thrown from the air. 38 military personnel and 23 civilians were slightly injured in the explosion and the fire fighting. On July 16, the US Navy announced that the fire had been extinguished after five days.

Web links

Commons : USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
The USS Bonhomme Richard on July 16, 2020 after the fire was extinguished

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bonhomme Richard on Call for Korean Ferry Rescue Efforts . United States Navy, Commander, US Naval Forces Korea Public Affairs, April 16, 2014. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
  2. ^ US military helicopter crashes off Queensland; three feared dead . The Daily Telegraph. August 5, 2017. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  3. ↑ 31st MEU Holds Sunset Memorial Service for Three Marines Killed in Osprey Crash . usni.org. August 11, 2017. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
  4. ↑ USNavyCNO: 17 sailors and 4 civilians injured after explosion on San Diego naval ship. Retrieved July 13, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Gerhard Hegmann: The aircraft carrier burns despite 1500 fire fighting flights - and there is a new problem. In: Die Welt on msn.de. July 16, 2020, accessed July 17, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Navy officials say all known fires aboard USS Bonhomme Richard are out. In: ABC 10News San Diego. Retrieved July 17, 2020 .