Bon Homme Richard In Brooklyn

[patches]

Just about ready to launch, April 1944.

[12thengr]

I take it that it is not the same BHR that burned in San Diego not to long ago?

[Salvage Sailor]

Correct, that's the three war Essex class carrier 'Bonnie Dick', in service 1944 to 1971

 

 

[12thengr]

 Here she is with 5 of her sisters after the war in Bremerton. CV9 Essex, CV14 Ticonderoga, CV10 Yorktown, CV16 Lexington, CV17 Bunker Hill and CV31 Bon Homme Richard.

[12thengr]

 For extra points. the USS Ticonderoga in dazzle camo.

[12thengr]

 The U.S.S. Bon Homme Richard (The 'Bonnie Dick') Passing through the Hood Canal Bridge, Washington State. July 1963.