boatgeek
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The Navy decided to decommission the Bonhomme Richard and is about to begin parting her out for other ships. Rebuilding to the current service would have cost $3 billion, and rebuilding for another service would have been about $1 billion. Having been involved in these kinds of projects before, those numbers are almost certainly low--you always find more to do when you start opening things up.
I have no doubt that the name will move on to another ship, likely one in the USS America (LHA-6) class. The one ship still under construction in that class still has a name, but even in May there were plans to build another ship. Those plans will no doubt be finalized now.
Also note that the investigation into the cause of the fire is still ongoing.
https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/P...49/navy-to-decommission-uss-bonhomme-richard/
I have no doubt that the name will move on to another ship, likely one in the USS America (LHA-6) class. The one ship still under construction in that class still has a name, but even in May there were plans to build another ship. Those plans will no doubt be finalized now.
Also note that the investigation into the cause of the fire is still ongoing.
https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/P...49/navy-to-decommission-uss-bonhomme-richard/