Firefighting boats spray water onto the U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard as smoke rises from a fire onboard the ship at Naval Base San Diego, as seen from Coronado, California last Sunday
Daily Mail: PICTURED: Inside the charred amphibious warship HSS Bonhomme Richard after a fire tore through the 844-foot vessel for more than four days off San Diego harbor, leaving 'extensive' damage
* More than 160 people had been aboard when the blaze erupted at 8:30am local time last Sunday
* The ship had been undergoing maintenance when the fire was first reported in a lower cargo area
* Now, new pictures taken inside the Navy ship show the 'extensive damage' caused by the blaze which burned for more than four days off San Diego harbor; it is not yet known if the ship will sail again
* Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday has pledged a thorough investigation into the blaze
* He said seeing the blackened ship for those deployed on it has been 'a gut punch,' and feels like losing a home
These are the first pictures from inside the charred amphibious warship HSS Bonhomme Richard after a fire tore through the 844-foot vessel off San Diego harbor last Sunday.
More than 160 people had been aboard when the blaze erupted at 8:30am local time. It had been undergoing maintenance when the fire was first reported in a lower cargo area where seafaring tanks are parked.
Now new pictures taken inside the Navy ship by @Osinttechnical and confirmed as verified to The Navy Times show the 'extensive damage' caused by the blaze which burned for more than four days. It is not yet known if the ship will sail again.
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