The Hill: The fire suppression system aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard was inoperable Sunday when flames engulfed the ship in San Diego, according to a top Navy official on Monday.
The Halon gas system “was not in operation just because it was being worked on” while the amphibious assault ship was undergoing maintenance at the shipyard, said Rear Adm. Philip Sobeck, the commander of Expeditionary Strike Group 3.
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