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US amphibious warship catches fire off Okinawa; conflicting reports between US and Japan draw attention
Firefighting operations underway for the US Navy's San Antonio class amphibious warfare ship USS New Orleans, which suffered a fire while it was off White Beach in Uruma City on the Japanese island of Okinawa,
Video from Japanese local media showed crews responding to a fire on the USS New Orleans near Okinawa.
The Navy declared a fire aboard the amphibious transport dock USS New Orleans extinguished following a 12-hour battle ...
This post has been updated with a statement from U.S. 7th Fleet. A fire that burned for 12 hours aboard the amphibious ...
The crew, with the aid of firefighting tugs, responded to the blaze, which began while the amphibious warship was off Okinawa ...
Sailors from the USS New Orleans and USS San Diego battled the blaze with help from Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force and ...
The blaze lasted nearly 12 hours before being extinguished, leaving two sailors with minor injuries. The cause is under investigation, with parallels drawn to the 2020 USS Bonhomme Richard fire.
The Sasebo naval base is among the major facilities of the Japan-based U.S. Seventh Fleet, headquartered in Yokosuka, south ...
A fire broke out on a US military vessel off the US Navy's White Beach facility in the city of Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, ...
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