Crews from the ship and a supporting vessel responded to the fire, as did Japanese forces. The cause of the fire and the extent of the damage are unclear, but it has been put out. A fire that broke ...

Sailors battled a fire aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans for about 12 hours before the blaze was finally extinguished early Thursday morning in Japan, Navy officials have ...

The USS New Orleans, front, sails in formation with the rest of the America Amphibious Ready Group in 2021. (MC3 Jomark Almazan/Navy) This story has been updated. U.S. and Japanese crews extinguished ...

WHITE BEACH NAVAL FACILITY, Okinawa — U.S. sailors extinguished a blaze aboard the USS New Orleans, an amphibious transport dock ship anchored off Okinawa’s southeastern coast, early Thursday after a ...

USS New Orleans (LPD-18) on Aug. 20. 2025. NHK image This post has been updated with a statement from U.S. 7th Fleet. A fire that burned for 12 hours aboard the amphibious warship USS New Orleans (LPD ...

A fire burned aboard a US Navy warship anchored off Okinawa for 12 hours, injuring two sailors, a statement from the Navy’s 7th Fleet in Japan said. The fire aboard the USS New Orleans, an amphibious ...

Japan’s coast guard and military are helping the Navy battle a blaze that broke out aboard an amphibious transport docking ship off Okinawa’s southeastern coast on Wednesday evening. “Crews are ...

A fire that broke out aboard the US Navy amphibious warship USS New Orleans anchored off the coast of Japan has finally been put out after 12 hours, the Navy said. Navy sailors from the New Orleans ...

The US Navy amphibious warship USS New Orleans caught fire near Okinawa, Japan. Crews from the ship and a supporting vessel responded to the fire, as did Japanese forces. The cause of the fire and the ...