[Timber Rattler]

The billion-dollar flagship of our Pacific fleet was destroyed by one of it's own crew.

Uh, no:

Sailor Found Not Guilty of Setting Fire That Destroyed USS Bonhomme Richard

[Vlad0]

So, where does that leave us? It wasn't as bad if what Travis said was true. At least arson is a willful act of sabotage, which is always hard to predict, but with enough security you might be able to counter.

But that's not what happened. What did happen was just total incompetence.

a Navy report last year concluded the fire that destroyed the $1.2 billion amphibious assault ship was preventable and unacceptable and that there were lapses in training, coordination, communications, fire preparedness, equipment maintenance and overall command and control. The failure to extinguish or contain the fire led to temperatures exceeding 1,200 degrees (649 Celsius) in some areas, melting sections of the ship into molten metal that flowed into other parts of the ship.