USS Bonhomme Richard Fire

[fguffey]

Bonhomme Richard; The new one outlasted the first one. I guess something should be said about the one that is on fire, it did not leak when it started its service life. The first one was an old freighter, itwas sinking when the French gave it to John Paul Jones. When it came to service like John Paul Jones had to get into a hurry, the reloaders on Bonhomme Richard set off their big guns, the big guns were rendered scrap, all members stationed on the 4 guns were killed.

John Paul Jones did not panic he had his crew tie the Bonhomme Richard to the British ship; the British Captain did not panic, he surrendered. His crew was not happy because they had the better ship. He told his crew he had no choice, he said John Paul Jones was going to kill them all when Bonhomme Richard sank.

When the crew of the Bonhomme Richard stepped off of their deck and onto the British ship they sailed off with one fine shop.

As a side not the British Captain was shouting instructions to his snippers; he did not want anything to happen to John Paul Jones; it seemed he was the only sailor on the Bonhomme Richard that was willing to accept a surrender by the British.

F. Guffey

[fguffey]

And then one day we thought we would have a John Paul Jones day; and we could not find him. It was as if he left a place he was not noticed and went to a place he was appreciated.

F. Guffey

[SUPERX-M1]

Almost certain to be scrapped. In service for 22 years. Replacement cost is 4 billion. Hull may be badly damaged.

The 14 billion dollar Ford Class carriers are expected to be maintained for 50 years.

Nuclear carriers cost at least 1 1/2 billion to scrap. Yes, each one.

My old AD-38 destroyer tender (20000 tons) was scrapped after 29 years. Said the tenders were cheap to build, but very expensive to staff. A few ,or one, submarine tenders, left, I read.

The attack sub miami was scrapped after an arson fire in 2012. 1/2 billion to have repaired. Sub was 12 year old. Decommission cost was ?. Replacement cost was?

[M1Tommy]

The fate of the Bonhomme Richard depends on the findings of the damage investigations, needs of the service, availability of repair facilities, and of course politics of the day.

I was aboard the Puget Sound as a Reservist in '89 (?... been a while!), a 3 week ACDUTRA as a TM3. She went out of Norfolks (again, I think Norfolk...... been a while) for some days of a sea-trial run. She seemed a good ship. I worked hard and learned much. (see edit below... leaving this as is for y'alls amusement...)

The value of the tenders was their skilled crews.

The Emory S. Land and Frank Cable, AS-39 and AS-40 respectively, are still in commission and very active.

Regards,
Tommy

I found this link, below, and seems the Puget Sound was not the ship, then.... could've swore it was her.... weird.
I did similar on the Yellowstone, too... crap.. memory is twisted sometimes. I will dig through some old paperwork and try to set it straight in my mind.

[dryheat]

Memory can't be trusted it seems. Me and two friends have done loads of things together over the past forty years. When we get together and recount some events we end up with widely differing tales.