Bonhomme Richard will be decommissioned in San Diego next week before being towed elsewhere to be scrapped

 

via Los Angeles Times

After extensive cleanup and reclamation in the wake of a July inferno, the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard will be decommissioned in San Diego next week before being towed elsewhere to be scrapped, the Navy said in a statement.

Navy officials said in November that although the Bonhomme Richard was salvageable, the time and price of repair — five to seven years at an estimated $2.5 billion to $3.2 billion — were too steep to warrant saving the 22-year-old ship.

The Navy plans to hold a small decommissioning ceremony Wednesday with limited attendance. Then the ship will be towed to a scrapyard, said Cmdr. Nicole Schwegman, a Naval Surface Force Pacific spokeswoman.

She died from maintenance, not enemy action.  

How much did we lose in treasure? via Wikipedia...Cost of replacement was estimated about $4 billion (2020 dollars).[13]