The Rooster
"Okeydoke"
The ship has a proud name in American History if it is in honor of Benjamin Franklin.
...She sailed in private service until she was purchased by King Louis XVI of France in early 1779 and placed under the command of John Paul Jones on 4 February. The size and armament of Duc de Duras made her roughly equivalent to half of a 64-gun ship of the line.
Jones renamed her Bon Homme Richard (usually rendered in more correct French as Bonhomme Richard) in honor of Benjamin Franklin, the American Commissioner at Paris whose Poor Richard's Almanac was published in France under the title Les Maximes du Bonhomme Richard....
Deep V Section? Isn't that where the oil is stored? You know with few sailors on
board, I imagine sabotage needs to be ruled out. Security cameras show anything?
July 12, 2020
By Artemis Moshtaghian and Theresa Waldrop
Twenty-one people (click here) were injured after an explosion and fire on board a ship at the US Naval Base in San Diego, US Navy officials said.
"Seventeen Sailors and four civilians are being treated for non-life threatening injuries at a local hospital," the US Navy said in a statement.
The sailors on the USS Bonhomme Richard had "minor injuries" from the fire and were taken to a hospital, Lt. Cmdr. Patricia Kreuzberger told CNN earlier Sunday.
The sailors are in stable condition, Rear Adm. Philip Sobeck told journalists Sunday evening.
All of the crew is off the ship and accounted for, according to a tweet from the US Pacific Fleet Naval Surface Forces Sunday afternoon....
