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Fire Extinguished After 12-Hour Fight on USS New Orleans Off Okinawa
The Navy declared a fire aboard the amphibious transport dock USS New Orleans extinguished following a 12-hour battle Wednesday night off the coast of Okinawa, Japan. U.S. 7th Fleet officials said the fire began at 4 p.m. Wednesday afternoon while the ship was anchored off the White Beach Naval Facility.
The USS New Orleans caught fire in Japan, U.S. Navy says. Here's what we know.
WASHINGTON — The USS New Orleans (LPD 18) caught fire Wednesday off the coast of Okinawa, according to the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet. The fire began at approximately 4 p.m. Wednesday, local time. It was declared extinguished at 4 a.m. Thursday, a U.S. Navy spokesperson said.
Sailors extinguish fire aboard USS New Orleans after 12-hour fight
The New Orleans has been deployed to Sasebo, Japan, since December 2019. The ship is one of the Navy’s San Antonio-class amphibious transport docks, which transport embarked Marines and can carry Landing Craft Air Cushions and other landing craft along with Amphibious Assault Vehicles and helicopters or MV-22B Ospreys.
A fire aboard the USS New Orleans is under investigation after two sailors suffered minor injuries in the incident off the ...
Video from Japanese local media showed crews responding to a fire on the USS New Orleans near Okinawa.
A fire burned aboard a US Navy warship anchored off Okinawa for 12 hours, injuring two sailors, a statement from the Navy’s ...
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