American sailor accused of setting fire to a warship

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A fire at a naval base in San Diego (California, USA), which occurred aboard the Bonhomme Richard universal ship in July 2020, injured 60 people. A year later, the American sailor was accused of setting fire to this warship.

The charge was reported in the press service of the 3rd fleet US Navy.



On July 29, charges under the Unified Code of Military Justice were brought against a Navy seaman in response to evidence found in a criminal investigation into a fire that began at USS Bonhomme Richard on July 12, 2020.

- said the representative of the 3rd Fleet Sean Robertson.

The investigation announced a possible arson back in August last year. Shortly thereafter, law enforcement officers searched the soldier's house.

The fire on board the Bonhomme Richard UDC, which broke out on July 12, 2020, was extinguished only on the fourth day.

The name of the accused has not yet been named, saying only that at the time of the fire he was serving at Bonhomme Richard. Since the restoration of the ship would have been too expensive, at the end of last year they decided to write it off and cut it into metal.

The fire on this landing ship is believed to have resulted in the largest peacetime loss of all history US Navy. At the time of the disaster, a two-year upgrade was coming to an end, which would have allowed F-35B fighters to be deployed on Bonhomme Richard.
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  1. nonsense User Rank
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    30 July 2021 12: 02
    laughing in the Russian Armed Forces this charge is compensated payment of the cost threefold! No wonder that
    ship captains prefer to sink with ships ...
    1. Bashkirkhan User Rank
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      30 July 2021 12: 04
      Quote: nespich
      No wonder that
      ship captains prefer to sink with ships ...

      Good pumping. When the Russian RZK Liman cattle carrier rammed, the ship's commander moved to the Turkish guard.

      1. Karpov Ruslan User Rank
        Karpov Ruslan
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        30 July 2021 12: 50
        Good day! And not in the know what happened to the commander Belyaev (the one in the photo). The network is, the commander will just be tried and that's it! Yours faithfully!
        1. Bashkirkhan User Rank
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          30 July 2021 13: 38
          Quote: Karpov Ruslan
          The network is, the commander will just be tried and that's it! Yours faithfully!

          The ship's commander was acquitted by the court.
          The impact of the cattle truck right into the bulkhead between the two compartments came in handy.


          1. tihonmarine User Rank
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            30 July 2021 13: 49
            Quote: Bashkirkhan
            The trial of the ship's commander acquitted.

            He was anchored, any court will acquit.
            1. Alex777 User Rank
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              30 July 2021 14: 32
              And the condition of the ship's hull left much to be desired.
              After the impact, it was almost impossible to save him. hi
          2. Karpov Ruslan User Rank
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            30 July 2021 20: 48
            Thank you very much for your answer! Well, at least they were acquitted! And then I thought everything to the peasant! Yours faithfully!
    2. neri73-r User Rank
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      30 July 2021 12: 50
      Quote: nespich
      is compensated by the payment of the cost in three times!

      Where do you get this from? Damage in Russia in three multiples are not refundable!
  2. tihonmarine User Rank
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    30 July 2021 12: 04
    A year later, the American sailor was accused of setting fire to this warship.
    For a long time they were looking for the "switchman", and even at home they were looking for evidence when he was on the ship at that time.
    1. URAL72 User Rank
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      30 July 2021 12: 13
      "The fire on this landing craft resulted in the largest peacetime loss in the history of the US Navy."

      Freedom for Angela Davis !!! Exchange for Analny, reward, issue "Far Eastern hectare", lifting, interest-free loan for a tractor. Let the Texas farmer live and work with us. But do not let them into the ports!
      1. Andrey Chizhevsky User Rank
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        30 July 2021 14: 01
        The name has not yet been announced ... And here there is nothing to guess. His surname is Petrov. Or Bashirov. Whoever likes which one.
      2. Alex777 User Rank
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        30 July 2021 14: 35
        It seems to me that one person could not burn such a ship.
        And one sailor is quite capable of deflecting the blame from the admirals. hi
      3. Captain45 User Rank
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        30 July 2021 21: 30
        Quote: URAL72
        Freedom for Angela Davis !!! Exchange for Analny, reward, issue "Far Eastern hectare", lifting, interest-free loan for a tractor. Let the Texas farmer live and work with us. But do not let them into the ports!

        By a closed presidential decree, the arsonist was awarded the title Hero of Russia laughing
    2. Alf User Rank
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      30 July 2021 19: 57
      Quote: tihonmarine
      A year later, the American sailor was accused of setting fire to this warship.
      For a long time they were looking for the "switchman", and even at home they were looking for evidence when he was on the ship at that time.

      The article says a lot - and when, and where, and who. Only the reason is not mentioned ...
  3. antivirus User Rank
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    30 July 2021 12: 04
    BiP were sitting on the pipe. And what is an American being tried for?


    the newcomer turned out to be very flammable.
    1. Cat Alexandrovich User Rank
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      30 July 2021 14: 55
      What have our heroes to do this time? There is this Popeye in the photo, what a sly face he has!
  4. knn54 User Rank
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    30 July 2021 12: 06
    The sailor has a chance to earn through the Book of Records, the most expensive (UDC worth more than 2,5 billion dollars) arson in history.
    1. Alex777 User Rank
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      30 July 2021 14: 36
      The sailor is far from Herostratus.
      And he hardly aspired to such glory.
  5. Nikolaevich I User Rank
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    30 July 2021 12: 11
    An American sailor burned a ship ... an iron one. Russian soldier ... APC! A trend, however? .... what
    1. fiberboard User Rank
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      30 July 2021 15: 44
      Our sailors, it seems, also set the "Kerch" on fire when they wanted to boil the tea.
  6. rotmistr60 User Rank
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    30 July 2021 12: 14
    If this is really a deliberate set on fire, then is everything normal with the psyche of American sailors? It will now be established that the sailor supported Trump and possibly collaborated with the GRU. And the damage is really colossal.
    1. Captain45 User Rank
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      30 July 2021 21: 34
      Quote: rotmistr60
      If this is really a deliberate set on fire, then is everything normal with the psyche of American sailors? It will now be established that the sailor supported Trump and possibly collaborated with the GRU. And the damage is really colossal.

      Well, they already had something like that, about five years ago, on a nuclear submarine, standing in the dock, a boatswain ordered some sailor to tidy up the compartment, and he soaped himself to the woman on leave and, in order not to be late, shorted out the vacuum cleaner. As a result, I almost burned the boat. Then he was recognized as sick in the head and kicked out of the fleet.
  7. Roma 1977 User Rank
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    30 July 2021 12: 21
    Smoked in bed. With the chief executive officer.
  8. Kushka User Rank
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    30 July 2021 12: 25
    Quote: tihonmarine
    A year later, the American sailor was accused of setting fire to this warship.
    For a long time they were looking for the "switchman", and even at home they were looking for evidence when he was on the ship at that time.
    As positions to occupy with high salaries and benefits, as many stars on shoulder straps do not fit, so there are more than one hundred of them at this facility. And how to answer for the largest non-combat loss of the fleet, so the sailor was determined. Let them revered Yakovlev, as he had before the war, the farman bought for currency from the thunderstorm burned down and what happened after that.
  9. Mouse User Rank
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    30 July 2021 12: 32
    Is there the same scapegoats living there?
    As an option....
  10. Borisych User Rank
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    30 July 2021 12: 56
    Just think, some kind of ship. Here is a hole in the ISS, yes !!!
    1. HAM User Rank
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      30 July 2021 13: 03
      The sailor and the astronaut, it seems, are brother and sister ... wassat
  11. Ros 56 User Rank
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    30 July 2021 13: 31
    I hope he was awarded the Hero of the Russian Federation. soldier
  12. Yuriy71 User Rank
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    30 July 2021 13: 36
    Urgently give the Hero of Russia !, China !!! And in general - to establish a New Order for such cases in the fight against Militarism !!! And, Enemies of the World !!!
  13. Roman070280 User Rank
    Roman070280
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    30 July 2021 13: 36
    Quote: Bashkirkhan



    "-Do you respect me ??" (with)
  14. Vasilenko Vladimir User Rank
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    30 July 2021 13: 41
    and mad McCain at one time almost ditched an aircraft carrier and nothing, he wiped his pants in the Senate until he died
  15. Evil 55 User Rank
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    30 July 2021 15: 51
    However, it is a little expensive in Matrastan to warm up stew for a snack in the under-deck rooms ..
  16. Metallurg_2 User Rank
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    30 July 2021 20: 32
    For the first time, Petrov and Boshirov are not guilty of anything.
  17. 123456789 User Rank
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    30 July 2021 21: 17
    Quote: URAL72
    But do not let them into the ports!

    Hide matches and lighters laughing
  18. Antokha User Rank
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    2 August 2021 12: 43
    Once indicted, the sailor's race can be named for sure.

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