Chinanews, December 1, comprehensive report, on November 30, the US Navy announced that the navy amphibious assault ship "Goodman Richard", which had suffered a catastrophic fire in July, was about to retire, and the navy would scrap it. deal with.

The reason is that the warship is seriously damaged and repairs may cost billions of dollars.

  On the morning of July 12, local time, the "Goodman Richard" suddenly caught fire.

When the fire broke out, the warship was docked at the San Diego Naval Base for maintenance, and about 160 sailors and officers were on board.

It was not until July 16 that firefighters put out the fire.

  The US Navy said on November 30 that 40 sailors and 23 civilians were eventually slightly injured.

On July 14, local time, the USS Goodman Richard, which was docked at the San Diego Naval Base in California, was still burning 48 hours after it caught fire.

  Secretary of the Navy Braithwaite announced that the US military had decided to scrap the "Goodman Richard" because repairing or remodeling the ship would cost billions of dollars.

  "We did not make this decision lightly." Braithwaite said in a statement.

"After conducting an extensive evaluation, we believe that it would be financially irresponsible to fix it."

  The navy believes that the cost of repairing the ship may exceed $3 billion, and the repair work will take 5 to 7 years.

  The navy has also studied the possibility of transforming the ship into other types of ships, but the cost is more than 1 billion US dollars.

The Navy stated that they can definitely build a new hospital ship, submarine service ship or command and control ship at the same or even lower price.

On July 12, local time, the USS "Goodman Richard" amphibious assault ship exploded and caught fire at the San Diego Naval Base.

  At present, the cause of the fire is still unknown. A senior U.S. defense official once stated that the fire was suspected to be man-made arson and the potential suspect was a U.S. Navy sailor.

  "Goodman Richard" is one of the US Navy's "Wasp" class amphibious assault ship, with approximately 1,000 personnel and a displacement of more than 40,000 tons. It was delivered to the US Navy in 1998.

The Associated Press reported that the warship is 255 meters long and can deploy helicopters, small ships and amphibious vehicles.