SAN DIEGO — On September 27, more than a week into the court martial of Seaman Recruit Ryan Mays, the man charged with purposely setting fire to the USS Bonhomme Richard, the military judge presiding ...

A sailor accused of setting a $1.2 billion Navy amphibious assault ship ablaze in San Diego was found not guilty by a military judge Friday. Ryan Sawyer Mays was charged with aggravated arson and ...

A Routine Overhaul That Turned Into a Disaster USS Bonhomme Richard was a four billion dollar amphibious assault ship un ...

SAN DIEGO — A 21-year-old sailor accused of intentionally igniting the fire that burned down the USS Bonhomme Richard trial was found not guilty of arson on Friday, September 30. At 9:21 am, after ...

No verdict was reached Thursday in the arson trial against a sailor accused of setting fire to USS Bonhomme Richard in June 2020 No one disputes that the Navy shares blame for the loss of the USS ...

Sailor Ryan Sawyer Mays walks past reporters at Naval Base San Diego before entering a Navy courtroom Aug. 17. The court-martial of Mays, accused of setting the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme ...

Ryan Mays, the U.S. Navy sailor accused of setting the fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard in San Diego in 2020, has been acquitted by a military judge. The... Here’s What You Need to Know: ...

As of Monday morning, firefighting teams continue operations onboard USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), 57 personnel, both U.S. Navy Sailors and civilians, have been treated for minor injuries including ...

Amphibious Assault Ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) arrives at Pearl Harbor for a scheduled port visit on April 27, 2018 and ...

Sept. 19 (UPI) --A sailor accused of retaliating against the U.S. Navy by setting the USS Bonhomme Richard on fire two years ago -- basically destroying the $1.5 billion warship -- was scheduled to ...

The Navy is debating whether to keep the ship after the damage. A U.S. Navy sailor is being questioned by investigators for possible arson after allegedly starting the massive fire on the USS Bonhomme ...

More than two years after fire destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard, the arson trial is set to get underway. The Navy continues to unravel why the fire became one of its worst peace-time disasters. A ...