ICYMI on KPBS Midday Edition: After Seaman Recruit Ryan Sawyer Mays' acquittal, the Navy's safety missteps in USS Bonhomme Richard fire come to the forefront.
by the U.S. Navy may have contributed to the destruction of the $1.2 billion ship.
"The large command investigation found that there were 34 people who either directly led to the loss of ship or contributed to it, and that included five admirals," ProPublica investigative reportersaid."But the criminal investigation seemed to operate completely in isolation. They paid no attention to all of these failures that the other investigation was finding. And they, very quickly after they decided it was arson, became pretty preoccupied with Mays.
Rose joined Midday Edition Monday to talk about the safety lapses her reporting uncovered and how the Navy's multiple investigations into the fire settled on criminal charges against Mays.
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