USS Bonhomme Richard

Five ships of the United States Navy have borne the name Bonhomme Richard or Bon Homme Richard (pronounced [bɔnɔmʁi.ʃaʁ] ), the French language equivalent of "Goodman Richard". The name is in reference to American Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. Franklin was responsible for writing Poor Richard's Almanack , for which the ships have been named, after the French title of the publication.

• USS Bonhomme Richard (1765), formerly Duc de Duras, was a frigate built in France and placed at the disposal of John Paul Jones in 1779.
• A Bon Homme Richard was to have been a Wampanoag-class frigate built at the Washington Navy Yard. Construction was canceled in 1864.
• USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-10), was an aircraft carrier renamed Yorktown in 1943 prior to launch.
• USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-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.
• USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6), was a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship that was severely damaged by fire in July 2020, and decommissioned in April 2021 and subsequently scrapped in Texas

See also

• USS Franklin