re: #55 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

Honestly, not unexpected

Navy just announced that the Bonhomme Richard, an amphibious assault ship that burned for days in San Diego this summer, will be scrapped. Rebuild/reconfiguration too pricey.https://t.co/H8Du5Pr6Is

— Geoff Ziezulewicz (@JournoGeoffZ) November 30, 2020

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Yikes! Original cost of the Wasp class ships (including Bonhomme Richard) was about $750 million each. Replacement with a new America class ship is estimated at $4 BILLION.