A MH-60S from HSC 3 dropping water on USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) on July 15, 2020. US Navy Photo
NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO, Calif. – A junior sailor was arraigned Thursday on charges that he deliberately set a fire aboard USS Bonhomme Richard in 2020, the alleged act that led to the Navy’s decision to scrap the big-deck amphibious ship.
Seaman Recruit Ryan Mays didn’t enter a plea on the charges when he appeared in a Navy courtroom for the half-hour proceeding before Capt. Ryan Stormer, the military...