NASSCO gets $10 million Navy contract mod for Bonhomme Richard dewatering and clean-up

Port of San Diego Harbor Police Department boats helped combat the fire onboard USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) at Naval Base San Diego (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. John J. Mike)

General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co.(NASSCO), San Diego, Calif., has been awarded $10,000,000 for emergency firefighting support, dewatering, safety and initial clean-up efforts on the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6), which was damaged during the fire aboard it that broke out July 12. All known fires aboard the vessel were not extinguished until July 16.

The fire broke out during a phased maintenance availability of the ship and this latest award to NASSCO is a modification of its September 2018 contract for that availability