The US Navy has charged a sailor in connection with the 2020 fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard amphibious warship while it was in port in San Diego, a Navy spokesperson said Thursday. The ...

In this July 12, 2020, file photo, smoke rises from the USS Bonhomme Richard in San Diego after an explosion and fire on board the ship at Naval Base San Diego. AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File SAN DIEGO -- ...

A Routine Overhaul That Turned Into a DisasterUSS Bonhomme Richard was a four billion dollar amphibious assault ship ...

A sailor accused of setting a $1.2 billion Navy amphibious assault ship ablaze in San Diego was found not guilty by a military judge Friday. Ryan Sawyer Mays was charged with aggravated arson and ...

Captain Derek Butler ruled that prosecutors failed to present enough hard evidence that tied Mays to the arson and instead relied on a circumstantial case, buoyed by the strength of just a single ...

Ryan Mays, the U.S. Navy sailor accused of setting the fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard in San Diego in 2020, has been acquitted by a military judge. The... Here’s What You Need to Know: ...

Sailor Ryan Sawyer Mays walks past reporters at Naval Base San Diego before entering a Navy courtroom Aug. 17. The court-martial of Mays, accused of setting the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme ...

An MH-60S helicopter from drops water on the fire aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard in 2020. Photo credit: U.S. Navy A Navy prosecutor said Thursday that a young sailor set fire ...

Sailor cleared of arson in massive 2020 fire that destroyed Navy warship USS Bonhomme Richard Judge says not guilty after Navy portrayed him as a disgruntled SEAL training washout US Navy sailor Ryan ...

July 12, 2020 was a lazy Sunday morning at Naval Base San Diego. USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), which had been commissioned only two years earlier, had recently made the base its new homeport and was ...

The Navy is debating whether to keep the ship after the damage. A U.S. Navy sailor is being questioned by investigators for possible arson after allegedly starting the massive fire on the USS Bonhomme ...