Tomas Høffding aka Bon Homme is the singer and bassist of WhoMadeWho. Altho… Read Full Bio ↴Tomas Høffding aka Bon Homme is the singer and bassist of WhoMadeWho. Although regularly receiving adoration with his band, and having his own retreat at an old farmer’s house in Sweden, Thomas was still missing something that he alone created and was artistically independent of WhoMadeWho.

After establishing a second living as an electro DJ, Tomas soon reasoned that he had to move deeper into the music than just selecting and mixing other people’s tracks. He wanted to create his own pieces that he could present at live solo performances with his small setup consisting of a computer, chimes and a theremin.

Hence Tomas chose the Pseudonym Bon Homme to do what he had to. Over the past 2 years he produced 10 pieces that merge electronica and Krautrock elements with poppy hooks, techno rhythms and catchy chord progressions. Tomas’ harmonic heritage as a member of WhoMadeWho shines through on psychedelic loops and his unique falsetto-like vocals. With those ingredients carefully put together, the result is often an ironic and uncouth mix of styles, where he always manages to come up with substantial lyrics.

The Hill
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07. Marketa Irglova Walking up the hill tonight And you have closed your eyes, I…
A.V. Gerenia We got the canon the cabbage the kitchen Loots from the…
Ben Morey & the Eyes Get to the money the bankroll And that lil face finna…
Ben Morey and the Eyes Lately I've been running out of time Lately they've been fee…
Bombay Bicycle Club When we look at the Summer Sun; yellow and round. So…
Cavaliers I need to slow down slow down I need to…
Channel Zero I don't mind if my mind Paranoid hit the light Feel the…
Cristin Milioti Walking up the hill tonight when you have closed your eyes. …
D. Lynch She in love like makeout hill (Lean) She want something more…

Damien Burbank I get the feeling that she’s never coming home My heart…
Elvett Rolling and rolling (Rolling and rolling) Tumbling, struggli…
Glen & Marketa The lights don’t hear you Living in somebody else’s eyes Can…
Glen Handsard & Marketa Irglova Walking up the hill tonight And you have closed your eyes, I…
Glen Hansard Walking up the hill tonight, and you have closed your…
Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová Walking up the hill tonight And you have closed your eyes, I…
Glen Hansard; Marketa Irglova Walking up the hill tonight And you have closed your eyes, …
Glen Hansard;Marketa Irglova Walking up the hill tonight And you have closed your eyes, I…
Glenn Hansard/Marketa Irglova Walking up the hill tonight And you have closed your eyes, …
Godford Sitting on the hill You're in my mind Sitting on the hill Yo…
Guy Hansard/Marketa Irglova Walking up the hill tonight And you have closed your eyes, I…
Hansard and Irglová Walking up the hill tonight And you have closed your eyes, …
Hansard Glen & Marketa Irglova Walking up the hill tonight And you have closed your eyes, I…
Hay and Ellis Come on everybody gather round I have something to say about…
Hendrix Harris Lord I need some commas on my bank account, Dollars…
Irglová Walking up the hill tonight And you have closed your eyes, I…
Jon-Rae Fletcher Ah, look who it is Hey, hey, what's goin' on, man? Good…
Lake St. Helens I texted you Last evening You answered so quickly I felt I w…
Legendary Pink Dots Michael couldn't understand, why people shook him by the ha…
Marketa Irglova Walking up the hill tonight And you have closed your eyes, I…
Markéta Irglová Walking up the hill tonight And you have closed your eyes …
Markéta Irglová and Glen Hansard Walking up the hill tonight And you have closed your eyes, I…
Markéta Irglová Walking up the hill tonight When you have closed your eyes. …
MTMBO Remember that hill by the bay Overgrown solace that became a…
Neffa I’ve been playing with devil and he made me cry all alone…
Old & Kid I said, "I'm sorry You said, "It's fine" You said, "Don't wo…
Once Cradle Hill When the sun goes down on Cradle Hill And darkne…
Oregon Hill Funk All-Stars Close up the house for one more year Every single leaf…
Paul Dixon We walked up the hill Wet grass beneath our feet Sea breez…
Rest Easy I can't think of the right words are you speaking? I can't…
Reymer you came a long way over the hill and so sunny…
Richard Buckner (181. Tom Merritt) At first I suspected something— She a…
S Wood It don’t make no sense When it’s the two of us I’m…
Sleepy Rebels On top of the hill My dear darling Looking upon the city…
Snowmine I was sitting in the grass Crosslegged When my leg it melt…
tenta b & tha R.T.P What was the reason? Didn't need one Like instinct born into…
The Cast Before the Break I could be the person that you want me to…
The Hill [Capitan Pingaloca] "esto no me gusta. aqui la gente, la ge…
The Legendary Pink Dots Michael couldn't understand, why people shook him by the ha…
The Madisons I will not contribute to the slow death of wonder The…
The Spread Е-е Уо-хо Ее На тебя забил Я пишу треки Слышу только пшик Да…
The Weeknd Ft. Eminem Said you want a little company And I love it 'cause…
Thomas Rhett I've used words like bullets for the sake of my…
Travis Greene The Hill... Hill... Hill Sin around me Pain is in me Stress…
Ty Segall Here we will stand Holding the strand Walking upon the frill…
Ty Segall Band Here we will stand holding the strand walking upon the…
various artists Livin on phat pockets on flat wit tha gat rollin around…

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Daybreaker Its ten in the morning And you're going on and on Its…

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

FLJBeliever1776

@Gunny D - True, but she could operate Venoms and Vipers with what's left of the Harrier fleet.

While a step back, either ship could be deployed into lesser areas where the downgrade would be like going from a M1A1 Abrams back to the M60.

And the threats equal to T-54s at worse.

Both could be recommissioned with one serving as a frontline ship and the other assigned to Ferry the new stuff around to be loaded onto the more up to date ships.

Much like USS Long Island CVL-1 and a number of CVEs did back in Inter War Period and the Second World War.

That way the ships can stay out longer while the kit and personnel can be swapped.

Faster than trying to fly everything back and forth since it wouldn't need to be disassembled and reassembled plus mating personnel to their gear as they would have traveled together to begin with.

Would buy time and even get some of that ferry experience back too.

Mark Barta

@Epistolary8 There are planning considerations that people tend to overlook on this one, because the issues involved are very much not obvious.

You could be very surprised. Of course, the reality side of it is the underlying domestic production base has atrophied considerably. And on that front, you remain partially correct.

To reach the point where that would be considered even remotely viable, we'd need to be 3 or 4 years into a war with a resolution still appearing to be years in the future.

'Great Power Wars' are not normally that accommodating even in the 19th Century. (Where the US often found the war to be over before the wartime ship construction projects started when the war did could manage to complete)

WW1 and WW2 being the notable exceptions to that, although for the United States, it also had the advantage of being able to sit on the sidelines and beef up capacity while technically remaining neutral in both wars for a couple years in advance. The US won't get that option in anytime in the near future.

Even with the Defense Production Act being invoked and going 'all in' on an accelerated build timeline, it likely would still take several years to build the stuff needed to begin building the needed replacement material in sufficient quantities. But the rate of production for most things could likely be increased considerably without too much trouble, so long as the Defense Production Act is willing to make the consumer market go without a wide range of things.

Dave

the automatic fire fighting system, and alarms were switched off for maintenance, fire doors could not be closed do to hoses, ducts, and cables run thru them for the construction. Then to top it off, there WAS NO FIRE WATCH PATROL!

They shut down the automatic system, and decide they didnt need to bother with a fire watch. Command should not have been so reckless.

I work in industry, big factories, and if the automatic fire system needs to be off, we put a person on watch 24/7 in that area. We also impose a fire watch after hot work is done.
Matters not the cause of the fire in the neglect of duty of the ships command in allowing conditions for this total loss fire to erupt. There should be commanders busted down to inmate, then dishonorably booted out for this disaster.

What if a low pay small apartment manager turned off the fire alarm system, and shut off the sprinklers in his building, and a fire broke out? That would be gross negligence, if not criminal.
Dont tell me no one in command is not that stupid. Gross negligence at best, even if it turns out to be an arsonist, the command failed its duty to safe guard the ship.

Mark Barta

@Travis Hale was covered with "With no mechanical means of dividing the two spaces, __and the fire suppression system offline due to said overhead work__"

For reference on that:
https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1282906243548446723

Most of those trusses you see running from right to left in that photo? Those were part of the frame for the scaffolding to enable work in the overhead(and why the fire suppression was off). There would have been wooden planks/boards running between those trusses so that workers could move around up there. If you look to the left of that photo you can see where a section of the scaffolding had collapsed, although the boards evidently didn't completely burn in that portion of Upper Vehicle.

Light source on the left edge of the photo is coming from the sideport the crew would have evacuated through. Light source in the top right of the photo would be coming from the aircraft elevator on the hangar deck. Light source in the center/back would be coming from the stern gate in the welldeck of the ship.

If you make the ramp leading to the Hangar Deck "2 O'clock" then the ramp to Lower Vehicle (the area where the fire started) would roughly be in the 9 O'clock position probably about a dozen feet or so to the left of the photographer. At least going by the Bonhomme Richard Tour video from prior to their going into their fateful yard availability.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g63UWBnxbzg

Mark Barta

3y↑2

Basically. The fire was able to spread through openings that don't normally exist, and fire containment as further hampered by ductwork and cabling strung through doorways which also would have been used to contain the fire.

Where the fire started and initially spread also played an obvious major role in what happened. First rule of firefighting is "Always leave yourself an out(exit)."

Their only _immediately accessible_ means on or off the ship either required transit through Upper Vehicle to use the side-ports(one of which is right next to the ramp into Lower V, and that ramp happens to also be on the same side of the ship that the pier was on) or to head down the ramp into the Well Deck to use the stern gate. (the stern gate didn't appear to have a ramp to get onto the pier at the time, so it wasn't truly an immediate evacuation option--but it was open, which meant the fire had an ample supply of fresh air once it was in Upper Vehicle)

All of the "fire resistant" lumber and plastic sheeting directly overhead in Upper V for work being done in the overhead meant Upper Vehicle was a potential fire hazard at immediate risk from the uncontrolled Lower Vehicle fire. With no mechanical means of dividing the two spaces, and the fire suppression system offline due to said overhead work, their _only_ way off the ship was going to be the second major compartment to catch fire. (Fire resistant wood is not fire proof)

Their only other "normal" option(which also didn't appear to be setup at the time) would have been to egress the ship by way of the Hangar deck and the aircraft elevator if a gangway had been present. There wasn't one by all appearances. Except that location also had the issue that the Hangar deck itself was part of the initial "chimney" for the lower vehicle fire, and I'm unclear on the options they might have had to isolate that space.

After that, their least bad option for embarked crew would be to shelter on the flight deck, and hope the fire wouldn't cook them from below before someone managed to provide them a means to get off the ship.

Evacuation ship shortly after it was clear they weren't going to be able to keep it contained to lower vehicle was the only prudent choice for the Duty Section at the time. They only had the one way to get off the ship, and they were in immediate danger of losing it.

Monday morning quarterbacking on things the command did, or allowed, both in the lead-up to the fire, and during the battle against the fire itself are likely to find a list of issues and things that could have been done differently. By both the command, and 32nd Street once it became directly involved. Some relatively minor ship design issues seem to be somewhat evident as well(only really an issue when the ship is not fully manned and on a wartime footing). It being Arson or not is only a small part of what went wrong here.

People were complacent and lazy, and the taxpayers received a multi-billion dollar bill for the consequences. It will be interesting to see how the Navy tries to write-up this incident, and how many people get thrown under the proverbial bus in the process.

All comments from YouTube:

LanceGigs

3y↑46

Well they better build a new one. Especially with today's threats, every weapon is essential

Thunderbird 1

They almost certainly will build a new one.

1563ckg43

3y↑1

USS John Luke Picard

LanceGigs

3y↑1

@MovewithGrace so you're the type of guy who just want to win and care less of the damages after ehh??

Can't believe that there are people who is just ok for this world to be fucked up 🤦

LanceGigs

@Kenneth Draper i concur

Kenneth Draper

3y↑1

I wouldn't be surprised if the next America class ship contracted wasn't named Bonnham Richard.

Mr. Pig

3y↑68

This makes me so sad. I served on this ship. She was a great ship, she didn't deserve to go out like this.
Fair winds and following seas Bonnie Dick!

Johnnie Williams

3y↑1

@Travis Rivera I was on her in 2011 until the hull swap in 2012. Which took place in Sasebo Japan

William Schweers

@Mr. Pig We served together than i was in a 53 guy on her as well that first WestPac Avionics

Jeffery Foster

So sad. I served on her as the first crew. A-Div.

CYKA BLYAT!

3y↑2

Thank you for your service, my brother served on the U.S.S. Bellawood, Essex, Bonhomme Richard and Carl Vinson, I got to get a chance to go visit the Bonhomme Richard during fleet week in San Francisco years back it's heartbreaking to see it getting scrapped

Mr. Pig

3y↑3

@Travis Rivera
I was a Marine on '53s so I hitched a ride on her twice. Once in '99 and again in 2000. First ship I was ever on.

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gurka321

3y↑8

I figured, once the fires were out, she would be BER. Sad and I'm positive very upsetting for all former crew. As a retired sailor myself, it saddens me to see these proud vessels laid low like this. I'm glad to hear there were no fatalities among the attack teams who fought a very hard fight. Respect from Canada.

Kenneth Draper

3y↑17

"Without any enemy action" wait, holdup there.the Navy is still investigating as there were signs of sabotage which would be enemy action.

M1K3 Droid

3y↑3

@Mike B both by China

Mike B

3y↑5

The Russian carrier goes up in flames and then shortly after an American one does too? Maybe completely unrelated but then again maybe not.

Dave

3y↑4

Id not put it past the chicom's or the ruski's to get one of their guys as a contractor or even personnel in our military. They create "accidents". This one a multi billion dollar accident, taking out a huge asset at near zero cost, and no fear of any reprisal.

During WWii german agents and sympathizers did sabotage, including at shipyards.

Jonathan Tarrant

3y↑4

So much damage because of the fire, hard to really expect anything different

Master Shannon

3y↑9

The problem is with that amount of heat, the steel temper changes in the weld strength changes.

TheNinjaMarmot

3y↑5

It was a good thing it wasn't in action. Especially when it burns so easily. Sabotage!

liligman

3y↑25

I for one find it hard to believe that this happened to catch fire while the fire suppression system was conveniently undergoing maintenance...and now it’s a total loss...seems more like a deliberate destruction to me

Gerhard Symons

@verdebusterAP It was arson. The guy who did it will face the full wrath of military justice.

Jessie Young

3y↑1

There is no fire suppression system in the well deck , only a few small spaces and the engine room have the I served on U.S.S. battan lhd-5 ( same design) so that theory is out . The chief engineer , repair division officer and edo should probably be court martialed there is no reason that fire should have gotten out of control.

verdebusterAP

3y↑6

There is nothing convenient about it, its just pure carelessness. When ships are in port and undergoing maintenance, many systems are disabled but at the same time, they are supposed to be set in way that if something happens, they can be reactivated quickly. Its the saying complacency kills

The Milfennial

3y↑3

I totally agree. Never believed in an accident.

Teacher

Very observant.

David Hendricks

3y↑10

Caught fire shortly after Chinese ship of same size, remember!

Thunderbird 1

3y↑1

Don't forget what happened with the USS Miami either.

Motoroid ARFC1852

3y↑1

Wouldn't be surprised if PRC behind it.

Tordogor ACG

3y↑12

How a convenient fire for the Chicoms ... !!

Richard Morin

3y↑1

I've been out for a very long time. I served on the WASP LHD-1. I never expected a wasp class ship to be decommissioned before the WASP. Sad day and very bad timing for a fire like that to destroy such a great ship.

Niko C

3y↑16

oh well, at least the Admiral Kuznetsov also caught on fire.

Niko C

@B-17G Flying Fortress why does any of that matter?

Russias only aircraft carrier is out of commission: devastating.

yes, Russia is a paper tiger; and China is obviously more of a threat, by a factor of 10 at least...nobody here ever suggested otherwise.

B-17G Flying Fortress

@Niko C That's true. I just wonder why people are so focused on Russian Navy. Especially US.
Russia lost %50 of it's economy and most important shipyards in Ukraine with the collapse in 1991.
Kuznetsov is already 40 ish years old. Much older than her expected service date (and with extereme loss of economy, they cannot maintain her good enough).

Real danger that's growing is Chinese Navy. They will likely launch their Type 003 carrier end of this year. And China has second best military budget in world after US. I believe instead of joking about Russian ships (which is currently replacing by much smaller vessels instead). US and US citizens should focus on China much more

Niko C

@B-17G Flying Fortress youre referring to ships that have been out of active service for decades now...arguing semantics is a fools last ditch attempt at a stalemate.

your point is moot, and Russias only aircraft carrier wont see active service again for at least another year.

B-17G Flying Fortress

Dude, you're a slow thinker xD

B-17G Flying Fortress

@Niko C As you said. Ship on fire: is similar to: Ship on fire...

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ActsisMMLJ CorrectlyObeyed

3y↑10

Let us sing a song of honorable death with hearts heavy and thankful.

Dennis Clark

3y↑2

In the ‘70’s I worked on this ship inn the ship yard in San Diego.

That Car Guy

3y↑7

Still insane how the US has 20 carriers, 11 super and 9 light carriers we call amphibious assault ships.

Roland 33

@The_ Sword The USN is building a whole new generation of nuclear powered aircraft carriers called the Gerald R. Ford class which will form the center pieces of US naval power for the next century.

The_ Sword

@Roland 33 Not a good idea. Angle decks are for carriers that launch conventional jets that need catapults and arresting gear. The Navy wants to get away from those requirements because the cost is astronomical and maintenance nightmares.

Roland 33

@The_ Sword It would add the capability to launch and receive other USN carrier aircraft.

The_ Sword

@Roland 33 No need for angled decks when you carry Vertical Takeoff and Landing aircraft .

Roland 33

@That Car Guy I wonder why they don't give those LHD's angled decks and a couple of catapults ? The USN wants to use them as 'lightning carriers' so why not make them a little more capable ?

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Millennium Now

It’ll be of great interest as to what the final conclusions of the investigation bring about. Given the timing of what was happening politically with China around the time the sabotage...eh, er, so sorry, “the fire” broke out, it seems plain that something beyond a “mere mishap” took place.

fliegeroh

3y↑4

The second BHR to be scrapped in my lifetime. The first was a late WWII aircraft carrier that was once commanded by Admiral George Morrison (the father of Doors' lead singer, Jim Morrison.) It was scrapped in 1992.

Bill Scott

Admiral Mo Ge risin'?

shaquille mccray

3y↑4

Such a tragedy T_T

Auto Man Dan

3y↑11

The Navy lost a great ship today. RIP USS BHR.😥😥. You will be missed.

District Plus

3y↑1

It was a good decision, since it would have cause billions to repair it, which the Navy could invest in new technologies. And the shipyard maintenance is constantly backlogged

DarkMatt3r 0

3y↑2

I served on this ship. I told them(my chain of command all the way to the CO), if they don't fix my damn hazmat storeroom, this ship could sink. The burned 6 month after I checked out.

Curtis Blanco

3y↑1

How do you know this wasn't the result of enemy action?

P Cz

3y↑3

USS Belknap CG26 was the other ship Involved with the Kennedy In that "fire Incident" you mentioned which was actually a major accident. 13 people died. I served on the Belknap.

Marshal Dillon

3y↑10

What does it matter who’s first second or third it’s not a contest ! Me I am from building more war ships. May she RIP.

Marshal Dillon

3y↑1

@Corbin Schrock 100 percent Agreed !

Corbin Schrock

3y↑2

I hear that. China's been increasing their warships rapidly and we should do the same. I'm meaning open up thousands of jobs to Americans and start pushing ships out the yards pronto. We need to up our military period.

molgan herrera

3y↑1

This is an opportunity to build amphibious assualt carrier ship twice as big as the Bonnie. We need all the most advanced weapons, radar, communication systems for national security. Semper Fi Marine.

NoMerc

As a Navy Veteran I find this fire very hard to believe that it was an accident! Just after a 250M $ upgrade it catches fire?
? Who has the most to gain from this fire?

FIRST SGT

First Model I did was another Bonhomme Richard, CV-31. At the time it was serving in Vietnam

Zr71 Media

8 Wasp Class Carriers were built, one lost, and seven remaining. About 11 America Class Carriers are planned, this is a loss but no set back for the fleet.

al rode

3y↑2

Place a bunch of helicopters with sonar on it and add some limited air defence capability and it's gonna makea good flagship for an anti submarine warfare group.

Adventures & Survival in Thailand

3y↑1

What part of massive fire destroys 60% of ship don't you understand

Old Man Doing High Kicks Only In Black Socks

3y↑1

Sell it to the Royal Canadian Navy.
We buy old defunct naval equipment all the time.
We still have four British subs that are permanently drydocked.

Raphael Martinez

3y↑1

I hope they can reuse the name and salvage some parts for the next America-class ships...

Chris Ursino

A major financial loss. The mission capability was excellent. Any ship in the yards is in major peril. Obviosly proper precautions were not taken. Better, build a new ship.

1dashcamboatsandcars

could the reservice these ships as coast guard? I can think of all the reasons why or why not.

Jeremy Phelps

I was on this ship for about 30 days in 2010 and hated every min. But watching this still makes me sad.

Charles Ostman

What I don't get is, how could this ship be so fragile, susceptible to fire?
Was she composed of amounts of aluminum or magnesium, metals that actually will burn?

Richard Kidwell

I guess we don't need Amphibious Assault Ships since the Marines are switching to Island Garrison duty.

ian cormie

If the fire control systems were out of action, why was there any significant amount of combustible's on board and why we're there insufficient auxiliary fire control facilities available.
This shows you exactly what will happen in the event of a hostile action so things have to change.

FLJBeliever1776

Isn't there a previous class ship in Reserve?

Sounds like a good time to refit and recommission until a replacement is built.

FLJBeliever1776

Gunny D

@FLJBeliever1776 Yes, it would. Tarawa-class can't take F35s or Ospreys, so it's pointless (unless your composite air consists of Harriers, SeaKnights, and Super Stallions), and that screws up the training pipeline. Best to tell the shipbuilder to speed up delivery on an America class and place another order.

FLJBeliever1776

@Gunny D - Would it be hard to update one long enough to hold the line until a new America-class be rushed into production?

And if the builder has a problem, then they can be told to shut up, build it, and stop being British from the 1930s and 1940s!

Gunny D

Interesting question. LHAs USS Tarawa and USS Peleliu are in reserve at Pearl Harbor.

Lord Shadowz

I can’t believe the ship isn’t repairable! This is sad. Wasps are awesome carriers. It takes too long for us right now to build new ones. We really need to build new ship yards to increase production.

Alexander Green

It’s repairable. Cost to do so didn’t make sense to management, so off she goes lol

FalconInFlight

The last major sea battle was in 1944 with the Japanese. Russia and China could careless about high sea dominance.

Andreas Leonardo

Nice video shows when naval piece's was lost ..in US democracy processes all details of this sadness event deals with logic , courage & responsibility feelings without any hiding too nice video and taking technical advice..also times, causes directing which probable is more successful

Nats Safalab

What’s sad is the sailors who were supposed to be on fire watch, or roving security detail.. and how this was avoidable... IF sailors did their jobs properly and with due diligence.

Make Racists Afraid Again

3y↑1

Thank you for your service.

Randy Manaseri

Good old Bonnie Dick. She was a good ship. I will miss her.

Marc S

Its more useful as scrap anyway 🙂

Quincy Maverick

3y↑4

Fr though the WW2 carriers used to take straight up kamikaze hit and be back in action within a month

Mark Barta

Epistolary8

Modern warships are far more delicate, complicated, expensive (even accounting for inflation) and time consuming to build compared to how they used to be. No way in hell would the US be able to repair a Nimitz class as quickly as it could an Essex.

Mark Barta

@Motoroid ARFC1852 it was a combination of being on a war footing, and due to the war footing, having the hull available was more important than maintenance, training, and support requirements for the ship 18 years later... As they were in a war, they had no way of knowing which ships would even still be around at the end.

And in Yorktown's case they were still making repairs to the ship during the Battle of Midway, there were yard workers still on the ship at that time. And obviously, as history records, she didn't return from that fight.

Motoroid ARFC1852

US was on a war footing so damaged ships could be handled faster. Look at Yorktown. Basically in and out to participate in Battle of Midway after Coral Sea. Not now. US shipyards are in peace time mode and have been for decades. There are also fewer of them.

Mark Barta

3y↑1

LHD6 was halfway through its service life, and used a propulsion plant the Navy is trying to phase out of it's non-nuclear Navy.

As such, rebuilding a ship where the only thing that was basically untouched is the (obsolete) propulsion plant they want to phase out makes for a poor selling point.

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BETO

Get rid of barges when the ship is dry dock.

mightyfinejonboy

3y↑1

maybe install automatic firefighting sprinklers next time, in this day and age a combat ship should be able to quell fire when in combat never mind sitting at a dock...major facepalm.

Dave

1563ckg43

Did he say 1000 officers and 1 sailor! Damn that swabby is going to be one busy and nervous S.O.B.

Timo Okello

In case you didn't know... the US Navy carriers are close to obsolete. The advent of hypersonic coastal defense and offensive weapons have rendered these metal coffins useless.

Indrid Cold

There will be another ship named after Benjamin Franklin. It is an inevitability. The first Bonhomme Richard first sailed 1779 under that name.

will friar

3y↑1

During World War II it would have been rebuilt and fighting again within weeks. They would never have abandoned this ship if it was at Sea they could have got the fire put out. Because things were shut down and it was in Port made it more vulnerable

navyreviewer

Tell that to the Lexington, or Wasp, or Princeton. I'll give you Princeton was an unusual circumstance.

Kenneth Draper

3y↑1

WWII ships were very primitive, basically a steel box it's an apples to oranges comparison.

Bill Scott

3y↑1

Good video in general. However the pronunciation of the name of the ship kinda drove me nuts.

Jeremy Johnson

Now I'd buy that for $1 and give it to Taiwan.

Boyet Pelayo

donate it to the Philippines and ran it aground in one of the disputed reefs in the West Philippine Sea with its armaments and supplies to become a permanent military structure that will not sink occupied by Filipino soldiers

verdebusterAP

3y↑1

Not a lost , just a minor speed bump
the Wasp class is going to be fully replaced by the America class. All that means is they have to adjust their plans for the Wasp class decommissioning.
The original plan was for LHD-1/2/3 to be replaced by LHA 6/7/8
All thats going to happen now is that LHD-1/2/6 will be decommissioned and LHD-3 will get SLEP till its replaced by LHA-XX

Epistolary8

It's billions of dollars down the drain no matter how you cut it. Bonhomme still had a couple decades of service life left in her and it's all gone to waste.

Shad Van

I suspect that the second of the Flight 1 America class ships, LHA-9 will be quickly will quickly be approved to replace the Bonhomme Richard. LHA's are critical to moving marines to shore, so I suspect that the replacement will be approved quickly. also the wasp class ships were going to have issues with F35B exhaust temps damaging the flight deck, were the Flight 1 America class ships resolved this issue.

Michael Krezenski

This makes my ears bleed hearing the name said wrong having been on this ship for 3 years, this name being said wrong is like hearing nails across a chalk board

Matthew Webster

Yeah it's a "loss" but we have 3-4 more in production right now soooo

DreamingFlurry

Hm..."Suffers from such misshaps quite regularly" - Step up counter-intelligence-opps ASAP, this could be nothing, but it kind of stinks of sabotage if this happens "regularly"!

Takahara Tanaka

US Army retired CWO4
I evacuated injured or sick civilians onto her.
She did exactly what any proud Navy ship yearns to do...
...Save the lives of the civilians she is sworn to protect!
Sleep well my lady. We have the watch!

Karen Fay

Did they ever determine what caused the fire in the first place?

Aaron Fulton

3y↑2

Deliberate arson by a disgruntled sailor.

Ronald Marcks

Too many fires in the Navy during routine maintenance. I doubt any heads will roll.

Daniel Kunkle

3y↑1

I take it shipyard work with cables and such going through passageways prevented the fire from being contained?

Mark Barta

Travis Hale

3y↑1

They also had the suppression system off

Daniel Kunkle

@Mark Barta Thanks for that exceptionally in depth explanation.

Mark Barta

3y↑2

Will Budic

3y↑2

Ships and Marines, so difficult, can understand. Also have to deal with submarines. :(

Will Budic

Yes, around 300 fed to sharks, fin soup maybe like?

Will Budic

It is allowed, sink ships, black out, not in own territorial waters.
Not reported, or known.

Error 404

We are happy very much in iran a big loss for us navy .

Corbin Schrock

3y↑4

Will you update us when they find the verdict of what caused the fire?

Lunchlady 75

3y↑3

It is pronounced Rishard, after the French title of Benjamin Franklin's book Poor Richards Almanac.

Lunchlady 75

@Mark Barta You can watch videos of sailors giving tours of the ship and they pronouce Richard the correct way. I'm sure when sailors say the name to each other they don't, or use the nickname. The original Bonhomme Richard was not a French ship, nor were the other ships that bore the name.

Mark Barta

3y↑2

If you were France, and it was a French ship, yes.

But for what most of the Anglophile sailors that served on it called the Bonnie Dick, Defense Updates is correct.

aphantasia greyman

3y↑1

Thank you. That was bugging the crap out of me.

Joe Swanson

3y↑2

Cheese I am rallies how many ships of that class we had wow

Hot rod Lincoln

I wonder who's getting thrown under the bus for this one?

JJ Smallpiece

Careless fire safety by the USN

Jay Jj

3y↑10

Always sad every time I see a ship being decommissioned.

Jay Jj

@Hanse Rickenbacker it doesn't matter to me personally the national origin of the ship. As a veteran I have respect for all who serve regardless of the flag above them.

Mark-1 Rc

They could always buy a type 075 from China .

DreamingFlurry

5 Years? Wow, with WW2 technology ships were built and re-built (after all a lot of the ships in Pearl Harbor that sank during the Japanese surprise attack were raised, restored/rebuilt and sent against the Japanese or even against the Nazis in Europe (shelling beaches for landings, transporting troops etc.)) way quicker (seriously, has ship-building stagnated/regressed since then?)...so taking 5 years to restore/rebuild something is quite shameful! Get a move on!
ps: I would have restored it - why? Technology-Testbed! They could have put in new tech during the rebuild for testing...hell, that is what I'd do with ships who reach the end of their service-life: Turn them into training ships with new tech (so that they can be re-called to active service if there ever were a war where more hulls are desperately needed!)

navyreviewer

That was arguably different. All of the Pearl repairs were smaller. Also while refloated Oklahoma was not repaired. Besides that was more of a point of honor than anything. Remember West Virginia didnt return to service until mid 44. We also had a larger industrial base then, that's a separate argument.

John Wayne Everett

WITH THE LEFT RUNNING TINGS GOOD LUCK

Patrick Quinn

they wouldnt be scrapping it if they needed it

2paulcoyle

Incompetence of Naval officers involved of a billion dollar ship.

Conrad Nelson

3y↑1

Fire should not have spread internally like that. That would be catastrophic in a war setting.

Robert F

3y↑1

At sea the ship would not be as open and vulnerable to fire. The built in fire suppression systems would be on line plus you would have a full crew aboard able to quickly isolate the scene of the fire and then fight it, something that couldn't be done with only a weekend duty section aboard.

Elevor Barett

Donate to the Philippine Navy instead of scrapping...we need more ships

Grizzled Tee

She's currently sitting near the entrance to the Panama Canal being towed by the Nicole Foss.

Dave

The let it burn for days. They should have sunk it in port, that would have put out the fire, and make the ship much more salvageable.

bidmcms3

Sabotage!

Eddie Smith

Wow, 2.5billion to rebuild the ship . I say keep it & rebuild. The "Summer of Love"
Riots did +2billion in damage. Brought to you by the hands of the good folks of the BurnLootMurder & "anti"fa groups. Seeing as how both groups basically operate as domestic terror organizations their assets should be frozen & used to refurbish the ship. The DA's would no longer need to prosecute them other than for labor. Either you help rebuild or ya get 10to20yrs in our finest rehabilitation facilities.

JM

A member of the crew set the fire.

Andrew Lambert

3y↑1

Why does it take so long for the USA to build ships?

2paulcoyle

Retired Admiral lounging at hack defense contractors with union labor.

Nice little graft.

Rob Abreu

3y↑1

Maybe this serves a purpose. The Navy should learn a lot about how fire can destroy a real warship instead of doing hypothetical tests in a UL laboratory.

big mike

3y↑1

I agree.

Dan Z

Hope they make new carrier with the scrap

CrazyWarriorsCatFan

It's a sad sight.

Colt10mm Security

That thing was a rust bucket anyway. Time for new stuff.

Uncle Bob

Thank You!

Richard Patton

Good Man...just for smart people

Ken Hugehugerod

You don't need China's hypersonic missile to sink this american warship, all you need is a low ranking sailor 🤣🤣🤣 hilarious

Robert Kovach

What a total waste!! If it was arson I sure hope they catch the person or persons responsible and harshly punish them! What a waste of tax dollars and a fine ship!!

Susan Chan

3y↑1

R.I.P.

Margaret Greene

It should have been repaired and restored.

blue diamond gem

Decommission was the best option.

ארז יואל גרסון

Way the sound muted a few times ? We know it was set on fire by a solder in the navy.

Ed Whitson

Had to be D.E.W. cause otherwise steel doesn't tend to burn

Rebel threefiftyseven

3y↑2

USA spends Billions making these ship, why not sale them to Taiwan, or Philippines

Ethan Show

"ri-shard"

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