Bonhomme Richard Wreck Reaches Panama; Texas Shipbreaker Buys Hull for $3.66M

Former Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) toed from Naval Base San Diego, Calif., on April 15, 2021.

The hull of the former amphibious warship Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) is approaching the Panama Canal on the way to a Texas shipbreaker for dismantling, USNI News has learned.

The day after a ceremonial decommissioning at Naval Station San Diego, Calif., the hull was towed into the Pacific, bound for Brownsville, Texas on the Gulf Coast just North of the border with Mexico.

International Shipbreaking LTD., took...

https://news.usni.org/2021/05/05/bonhomme-richard-wreck-reaches-panama-texas-shipbreaker-buys-hull-for-3-66m

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