Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Navy records of disciplinary proceedings for the leaders of the now-scrapped Bonhomme Richard have revealed the punishments that ...

Seaman Ryan Sawyer Mays, the man the Navy alleges is responsible for one of the Navy's biggest peacetime disasters, will be tried in September, the Navy confirmed Thursday. Mays faces charges of ...

After a week of testimony from witnesses meant to prove that Ryan Sawyer Mays set the fire that destroyed USS Bonhomme Richard, the defense team began presenting their case Monday in the sailor's ...

July 12, 2020 was a lazy Sunday morning at Naval Base San Diego. USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), which had been commissioned only two years earlier, had recently made the base its new homeport and was ...

A Navy sailor accused of setting a massive fire that burned for days and destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard in San Diego pleaded not guilty to all charges against him and waived his right to a jury ...

SAN DIEGO — Third day of trial of U.S. v Mays brought an end to the science-based expert witnesses who discussed the start and origin of the fire, and shifted to a personal focus of Seaman Ryan Mays.

The US Navy faces serious issues, including delays in ship construction, refits, and maintenance taking longer than scheduled, and reliability issues with its amphibious assault ships. Ryan Mays, the ...

The U.S. Navy has announced it will court martial the sailor accused of setting the USS Bonhomme on fire, leaving dozens of people injured and the amphibious assault vessel damaged beyond repair. Ryan ...

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 ...

The trial for Seaman Recruit Ryan Sawyer Mays, charged with starting the 2020 fire that eventually destroyed the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard, is scheduled to begin in September. (Gregory ...