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	USS Bonhomme Richard (1765) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first USS Bonhomme Richard, formerly Duc de Durae, was a frigate in the Continental Navy.
		On June 19, 1779, Bonhomme Richard sailed from L'Orient accompanied by Alliance, Pallas, Vengeance, and Cerf with troop transports and merchant vessels under convoy to Bordeaux and to cruise against the British in the Bay of Biscay.
		Bonhomme Richard, shattered, on fire, and leaking badly defied all efforts to save her and sank at 11:00 on September 25, 1779.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Bonhomme_Richard_(frigate) (330 words)

	USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6), the third United States Navy ship of that name, was named in honor of John Paul Jones' famous frigate, which he had named the French language equivalent of "Goodman Richard," in honor of Benjamin Franklin, the U.S. Ambassador to France at the time.
		The name Bonhomme Richard is derived from the pen name of Benjamin Franklin, the author of Poor Richard's Almanac and as near an approach to nationality as that circumstance would well allow.
		The primary mission of USS Bonhomme Richard is to embark, deploy and land elements of a Marine landing force in amphibious assault operations by helicopter, landing craft and amphibious vehicle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Bonhomme_Richard_(LHD-6) (1002 words)

	USS Bonhomme Richard
		Three ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Bonhomme Richard or USS Bon Homme Richard, the French language equivalent of "Poor Richard." John Paul Jones gave the famous ship this name in honor of Benjamin Franklin's almanac of that name.
		The first Bonhomme Richard, a frigate built in France for the French East India Company, was placed at the disposal of John Paul Jones in 1779 by the French King.
		The second Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31) was an Essex-class[?] aircraft carrier that saw action at the end of World War II, throughout the Korean War, and through the Vietnam War.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/us/USS_Bonhomme_Richard.html (141 words)

	USS Bonhomme Richard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The USS Bonhomme Richard was commissioned on August,15th 1998.
		I was on the commissioning crew and served onboard for the first few years of the ship's life.
		The USS Bonhomme Richard can perform a variety of functions including landing helicopters and harrier jets on its flight deck to launching and receiving small boats and LCACs in the well deck.
	williams.justin.home.mchsi.com /uss.htm (113 words)

	USS Bonhomme Richard
		Bonhomme Richard is the French equivalent of "Poor Richard".
		It at once reduced the broadside of the Richard to about a third less than that of her opponent, not to include the disadvantage of the manner in which the force that remained was distributed among light guns.
		On the side of the Americans it is affirmed that she raked the Richard at least once; but by the report of her own commander it would appear that, on account of the obscurity and the smoke, he was afraid to discharge his guns, not knowing which ship might be friend or which foe.
	members.cox.net /shipkiller/data/frigate/bonhommerichard_frigate.html (4102 words)

	USS Bonhomme Richard - LHD 6 history
		During the millennium Westpac, the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) consisted of USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), USS Denver (LPD 9), USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) and the Fifteenth Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) was involved in many vital operations and exercises.
		Bonhomme Richard will join several other Navy ships in the area or en route after an earthquake followed by a massive tsunami paralyzed the region Dec. 26.
		USS Bonhomme Richard arrived on station Jan. 26 in the Persian Gulf.
	www.uscarriers.net /lhd6history.htm (2003 words)

	LHD-6 Bonhomme Richard
		USS Bonhomme Richard's surgical wards, engineering and construction capabilities, in addition to water purification equipment and helicopters were expected to provide much-needed assistance in relief operations, but also search and rescue missions as well as the ferrying of needed supplies to disaster areas.
		USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) deployed on Dec. 6, 2004, along with the rest of Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 5, for which it served as the flagship, on a routine Western Pacific deployment.
		The USS Bonhomme Richard docked in Apra Harbor for what was originally planned to be a five-day stay, but was called to bring relief aid to the inhabitants of Sri Lanka who were devastated by a tsunami.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/lhd-6.htm (1213 words)

	U.S.S. Bonhomme Richard II, NCC-99116 - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		U.S.S. Bonhomme Richard is the primary troop carrier and aircraft platform in a three-ship Amphibious Ready Group.
		In addition to carrying the bulk of the combat forces, U.S.S. Bonhomme Richard embarks the commander of the task force, the commander of the amphibious squadron, and their staffs.
		She was decommissioned as a training vessel assigned to Starfleet Academy in 2269 and was later refitted to a Constitution (II) class Heavy Cruiser in 2272, and was Mothballed in 2280.
	www.bhr2.purpleglen.com /history.html (552 words)

	Fleet Surgical Team 9 Brings Additional Capabilities to BHR
		Meulaboh, Indonesia -- Sailors and Marines assigned to USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) load pallets that are used to transport food and water to the victims of the tsunami on a Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) assigned to Assault Craft Unit Five (ACU-5).
		Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) Expeditionary Strike Group, currently operating in the Indian Ocean off the waters of Indonesia and Thailand in support of Operation Unified Assistance, the humanitarian operation effort in the wake of the Tsunami that struck South East Asia.
		Bonhomme Richard is currently deployed as ESG 5 flagship conducting operations in support of the global war on terrorism.
	nyjtimes.com /cover/02-07-05/SurgicalTeam9BringsSupportToBHR.htm (809 words)

	Naval Forces Marianas :: Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		USS Duluth (LPD-6), an amphibious transport dock, is also scheduled to arrive Dec. 28.
		Bonhomme Richard is a multi-purpose amphibious assault ship that deployed from its homeport in San Diego Dec. 6 for a six-month deployment in support of the global war on terrorism.
		Known as the “Revolutionary Gator,” Bonhomme Richard embarks, deploys and lands elements of a Marine landing force in amphibious assault operations by helicopter, landing craft, amphibious vehicle or any combination of these means.
	www.guam.navy.mil /pressreleases/pr04_116.htm (177 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Asia / Hurdles impede Marines on relief mission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Thomas Greenwood, commanding officer of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard the Bonhomme Richard, said the Marines are aware of concerns in the region.
		Helicopters from the Bonhomme Richard began relief flights Tuesday over Sumatra, where more than 100,000 people are feared dead and a million or more are homeless after the catastrophic Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunami.
		The Bonhomme Richard, carrying more than 1,300 Marines, has three big hovercraft that are capable of landing troops by the hundred on almost any kind of beach.
	www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2005/01/04/hurdles_impede_marines_on_relief_mission (699 words)

	Navy Commissions USS BonHomme Richard (LHD 6) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Bonhomme Richard can accommodate three Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCACs), and a squadron of AV-8B Harrier II aircraft, as well as a full range of Navy/Marine Corps helicopters and amphibious vehicles to perform sea control and limited power projection missions.
		Bonhomme Richard is armed with two NATO Sea Sparrow Surface Missile Systems for anti-air warfare protection, two Rolling Airframe Missile Systems and two Phalanx Close-In-Weapons Systems mounts to counter threats from low flying aircraft.
		USS Bonhomme Richard (CV 31) at launching ceremonies 29 April 1944 at the New York Navy Yard.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/amphibs/bonhomme_richard/bhrichcm.html (679 words)

	The Log
		Helicopters from USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) and Marines assigned to 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit are supporting Operation Unified Assistance, the humanitarian operation effort in the wake of the Tsunami that struck South East Asia.
		Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group is currently operating in the Indian Ocean off the waters of Indonesia and Thailand.
		The ship is the USS Bonhomme Richard (BHR), not the Revolutionary War 40-gun frigate, commanded by Capt. John Paul Jones, but the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), one of the newest ships in the Navy, commanded by another Capt. Jones - Capt. J.
	www.navycompass.com /printer/article.asp?c=141639 (704 words)

	USS Bonhomme Richard
		While Bonhomme Richard received a new bowsprit and Alliance had a new mizzenmast stepped, their three French consorts cruised off Belle-Ile in quest of British privateers which had been preying on French merchantmen in that vicinity.
		At 6:30 p.m., Bonhomme Richard rounded Serapis' port quarter and, after an exchange of questions and answers between Jones and Pearson to establish identity, opened fire with a salvo from her starboard broadside guns.
		Two of Bonhomme Richard's 18-pounders burst, killing many men, neutralizing the rest of her largest guns for fear that they too were unsafe, and doing substantial damage to the ship.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/b8/bonhomme_richard-i.htm (1678 words)

	Military News - Veteran News: Bonhomme Richard, 15th MEU Delivers 98,000 Pounds of Assistance to Tsunami Victims
		Bonhomme Richard is deployed to the Indian Ocean to assist in Operation Unified Assistance, providing humanitarian relief to victims of the tsunami that ravaged Southern Asia Dec. 26.
		According to Jones, the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group is working in conjunction with the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group as an Expeditionary Strike Force, with the sole focus of bringing aid to the people of this devastated region.
		Bonhomme Richard is the flagship of Expeditionary Strike Group 5, conducting humanitarian relief operations off the coast of Sumatra.
	www.militaryconnections.com /news_story.cfm?textnewsid=1347 (847 words)

	Virtual Consulate of the U.S. Brisbane Australia
		USS Blue Ridge is in Australia to participate in the Talisman Saber joint exercise which will see over 11,000 US and 6,000 Australian defence personnel carry out a joint exercise off the Queensland coast during June.
		USS Bonhomme Richard's deck laden with helicopters and equipment as she makes her way up the Brisbane river.
		USS Bonhomme Richard is the flagship of the Expeditionary Strike Group 5.
	brisbane.usvpp.gov /Brisbane (1736 words)

	The Log (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Bonhomme Richard is in Pearl Harbor for a routine port visit after completing numerous training evolutions during its transit to Hawaii.
		It is estimated that Bonhomme Richard saved service members more than $47,000 by transporting their POVs to Hawaii, said Cmdr. John Arbter, Bonhomme Richard’s executive officer.
		Bonhomme Richard is currently in its training cycle, preparing for its scheduled upcoming deployment later this year.
	www.navycompass.com /printer/article.asp?c=110852 (259 words)

	Constitution class - Memory Alpha
		The Constitution class design was probably refurbished some time between 2254, when the USS Enterprise had a crew complement of 203, and 2266, when the Enterprise held an increased crew complement of over 400 (TOS: "The Cage" and "Charlie X").
		The most famous Constitution class starship was the USS Enterprise, launched under the command of Captain Robert April in 2245.
		USS Yorktown: Gene Roddenberry suggested that the USS Enterprise-A was first designated as USS Yorktown, and later recommissioned as USS Enterprise-A, probably because Yorktown was one of the names for the ship being considered when TOS was going into production.
	memory-alpha.org /en/wiki/Constitution_class (5119 words)

	USS Bonhomme Richard
		The first Bonhomme Richard, formerly Duo de Dura~ was a frigate built In France for the East India Co., in 1765, for service between France and the Orient.
		She was placed at the disposal of John Paul Jones 4 Februnry 1779 by the French King and renamed Bonhomme Richard.
		On 19 June 1779 Bonhomme Richard sailed from L'Orient accompanied by Alliance, Pallas, Vengeance, and CerJ with troop transports and merchant vessels under convoy to Bordeau,: and to cruise against the British in the Bay of Biscay.
	www.multied.com /navy/Brigatines/bonhommerichard.html (212 words)

	U.S. Amphibious Assault Ships Sail Toward Iraq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The amphibious assault ships USS Boxer and USS Bonhomme Richard were joined by the amphibious transport docks USS Cleveland and USS Dubuque, and the dock landing ships USS Anchorage, USS Comstock and USS Pearl Harbor.
		The USS Boxer and USS Bonhomme Richard, both about 840 feet long, are amphibious assault ships that resemble aircraft carriers and carry Marines and helicopters for land invasions.
		The first USS BOXER was a 14-gun brig, commissioned in 1815; the second was a 10-gun schooner commissioned in 1832; the third was an English-built side-wheel steamer captured as a blockade runner during the Civil War; and the fourth was a training brigantine commissioned in 1905.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/824598/posts (1542 words)

	Naval Technology - LHD Wasp Class - Amphibious Assault Ships
		The other ships of the class are: USS Essex (LHD 2) commissioned in October 1992; USS Kearsage (LHD 3) October 1993; USS Boxer (LHD 4) February 1995; USS Batan (LHD 5) September 1997; USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) Aug 1998 and USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) June 2001.
		Wasp Class vessels, USS Bonhomme Richard, Boxer and Iwo Jima were deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
		USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), the final Wasp Class Vessel, was commissioned in June 2001.
	www.naval-technology.com /projects/wasp (982 words)

	The Dolphin - News - 01/13/2005 - USS Bonhomme Richard delivers more than 49,000 pounds of humanitarian relief in ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Helicopters from Bonhomme Richard and Sailors and Marines assigned to Expeditionary Strike Group Five (ESG-5) are supporting Operation Unified Assistance, the humanitarian operation effort in the wake of the Tsunami that struck South East Asia.
		ABOARD USS BONHOMME RICHARD, At Sea (NNS) - The multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (BHR) (LHD 6) delivered more than 49,000 pounds of food, water and medicine to tsunami victims on the Indonesian island of Sumatra Jan. 8 in support of Operation Unified Assistance.
		Scott Jones, Bonhomme Richard is working together with all of the other branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, as well as the navies of Singapore, Indonesia and India.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=13731675&BRD=1659&PAG=461&dept_id=8103&rfi=6 (546 words)

	USS Bonhomme Richard ? Refining the ESG
		ABOARD USS BONHOMME RICHARD (NNS) -- During a Joint Task Force exercise off the coast of southern California, Amphibious Assault Ship USS Bonhomme Richard (BHR) (LHD 6) is serving as the command and control hub for a responsive and expanding arsenal of Navy and Marine Corps capabilities.
		Along with conducting ship-to-shore maneuvers and flight operations, Bonhomme Richard is also training Visit, Board, Search and Seizure teams to stop threats at sea.
		Bonhomme Richard and elements of ESG 5 are in the advanced phase of training in preparation for an upcoming deployment later this winter.
	globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2004/11/mil-041112-nns02.htm (564 words)

	USS BONHOMME RICHARD (LHD-6) - Tiger Cruise 2003
		On September 12, 2003, it was my privilege to be one of the approximately 190 "Tigers" (civilian guests) invited aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) for a 4 day "Tiger Cruise" from San Fancisco, CA to the ship's home port of San Diego, CA.
		The minute I crossed the Quarterdeck of the BHR, smelled the paint and diesel fuel, heard the blaring of the 1MC, it was an immediate flashback to 1975 when I was a QM2 aboard LST-1197.
		To Capt Berg-Johnson, the CO of the USS BonHomme Richard, and all the men and women of his crew, a hearty and much deserved "Bravo Zulu" for giving a former Navy man a nostalgic trip down memory lane.
	hikertechnologies.com /lst1197/BHR_tiger2003.htm (243 words)

	PEO Ships - January 2005 News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		ABOARD USS BONHOMME RICHARD, At Sea (NNS) -- In support of Operation Unified Assistance, the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (BHR) (LHD 6) and the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit delivered 102 tons of badly needed humanitarian aid to tsunami victims on the Indonesian island of Sumatra Jan. 14.
		ABOARD USS BONHOMME RICHARD, At Sea (NNS) -- By using its airlift and sealift capabilities for replenishment at sea and delivery ashore, multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) (BHR) is assisting tsunami victims from the maritime maneuver area around the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
		USS MUSTIN (NNS) -- The guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) was awarded the 2004 “Golden Anchor” Retention Excellence Award by Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet Dec. 9.
	peoships.crane.navy.mil /news/newsjan05.htm (1705 words)

	USS Bonhomme Richard (1765) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Jones retituló su Bonhomme Richard, el equivalente francés de la lengua de "Richard pobre," en el honor del almanac Poor Richard llamado almanac de Benjamin Franklin.
		Después de Bonhomme 1800 Richard Serapis contratado y un contrato amargo sobrevinieron durante el siguiente cuatro horas antes de que Serapis la pulsó los colores.
		Bonhomme Richard, roto, al el fuego, y escaparse gravemente desafiando todos los esfuerzos de ahorrarla y se hundió en 1100 de septiembre el 25 de 1779.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/us/USS%20Bonhomme%20Richard%20%281765%29.htm (352 words)

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