Bonhomme Richard (a.k.a. Revolutionary Gator) is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship currently homeported in San Diego, California. The contract to build her was awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding on December 11, 1992, and her keel was laid down on April 18, 1995. She was launched on March 14, 1997, delivered to the Navy on May 12, 1998, and commissioned on August 15, 1998.

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1 Mission 2 General Characteristics 3 Armament 4 Deployments 5 Unit Awards 6 The Bonhomme Richard Name 7 External Link

Mission

General Characteristics

• Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Miss.
• Length: 844 feet (253.2 meters) overall, 778 feet waterline
• Beam: 110 feet extreme, 106 (31.8 meters) feet waterline
• Draft: 27 feet navigational, 28 feet limit
• Displacement: 27,565 tons light, 40,500 tons full, 12,821 tons dead
• Power Plant: Two boilers, two geared steam turbines, two shafts (70,000 shaft horsepower)
• Speed: 20+ knots (23.5+ miles per hour)
• Ships Company: 104 officers, 1,004 enlisted
• Marine Detachment: 1,894 officers and enlisted

• Two RAM launchers
• Two NATO Sea Sparrow launchers
• Two 20mm Phalanx CIWS mounts
• Four .50 cal. machine gunss
• Three 25 mm Mk 38 machine guns

• Operation Enduring Freedom (Dec. 1, 2001 to June 18, 2002)
• Operation Iraqi Freedom (January 17, 2003 to July 26, 2003)

• 1998
  • Green 'H' Force Wellness Award
• 1999
  • CNO Safety Award
  • Green 'H' Force Wellness Award
  • Allen G. Ogden Award
• 2000
  • Battle Efficiency Award
  • CNO Safety Award
  • Maritime Warfare Excellence Award
  • Engineering Excellence Award
  • Logistics Management Excellence Award
  • Green 'H' Force Wellness Award
  • Allen G. Ogden Award
  • Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (March 22, 2000 to June 8, 2000)
• 2001
  • Battle Efficiency Award
  • Navy Unit Commendation (Sept. 11, 2001 to March 3, 2002)
  • CNO Safety Award
  • Maritime Warfare Excellence Award
  • Engineering Excellence Award
  • Logistics Management Excellence Award
  • Green 'H' Force Wellness Award
  • Allen G. Ogden Award
  • Ney Award
• 2002
  • Battle Efficiency Award
  • Maritime Warfare Excellence Award
  • Engineering Excellence Award
  • Command, Control, Communications and Information Warfare Excellence Award
  • Green 'H' Force Wellness Award
  • Ney Award
  • Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet Retention Excellence Award
  • Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet Intelligence Excellence Award

• Previous Bon Homme Richards
  • USS Bonhomme Richard
  • USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/A-31)
• Would Be Bon Homme Richards
  • In 1864, Congress authorized the 3,700-ton AMMONOOSUC class screw frigate to take the name BONHOMME RICHARD, but the vessel was never built.
  • On September 26, 1942, while still under construction, the name of CV 10 was changed from BONHOMME RICHARD to YORKTOWN (the previous YORKTOWN was lost three months earlier at the Battle of Midway).