Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6)

Claim of Iran sinking US aircraft carrier found to be US warship fire incident in 2020

A viral post has claimed that Iran shared a video showing the sinking of the US aircraft carrier, Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72). In fact, the footage is from the 2020 fire aboard US Navy’s Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6), which was later decommissioned and scrapped the following year.

Mar 3, 2026