Navy says fire has been put out aboard USS Bonhomme Richard in San Diego
Navy officials announced Thursday that the fire on the USS Bonhomme Richard docked at Naval Base San Diego has been extinguished, and investigators will now examine the 840-foot amphibious assault ship to see if it is salvageable.
The fire broke out Sunday in the ship’s lower armored vehicle storage area and quickly spread throughout the vessel. The flames lasted for four days as Navy officials and federal firefighters worked through the night to extinguish the fire, which at one point reached up to 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
The vessel shifted Wednesday night and listed toward the pier, prompting the Navy to briefly pull off firefighting sailors searching in the bowels of the U.S. warship for remaining hot spots, Navy officials said. The sailors were back on the ship within an hour.
Helicopters dumped more than 1,500 buckets of water on the ship, which had been docked in San Diego harbor undergoing maintenance.
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