Navy to Decommission Bonhomme Richard

[GaryChildress]

What an expensive catastrophe. I would think that a warship would be a bit sturdier and better designed to withstand punishment but it seems like they don't build them as well as they used to--unless it was a magazine explosion. I couldn't imagine what would have happened had this ship been in a combat situation. One hit from an anti-ship missile and it would be kaput.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/navy- ... d=msedgdhp

[Anonymous]

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[RangerJoe]

At those temperatures that the ship's steel was at, it will lose its strength and deform. The ship would have to have all of that metal replaced. That would essentially mean a new ship which might actually be easier to do.

[RangerJoe]

A sailor has been acquitted of setting a fire that destroyed a massive ship

https://www.npr.org/2022/09/30/11262973 ... me-richard