Tokyo [Japan], August 21 (ANI): A US Navy warship remained ablaze for practically 12 hours whereas anchored off Japan’s Okinawa, with two sailors sustaining minor accidents throughout the incident, CNN reported, citing the US Navy’s seventh Fleet in Japan.
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The hearth began on board USS New Orleans, an amphibious transport dock ship weighing 25,000 tons, round 4 pm native time on Wednesday. It was introduced beneath management solely by early Thursday morning, as per NHK.
The explanation for the hearth is beneath investigation as per the Navy’s assertion.
Japanese broadcaster NHK additionally confirmed tugboats spraying water on the vessel whereas firefighting crews from each US and Japanese sides labored by way of the night time.
‘A fireplace has damaged out on a US vessel off the coast of White Beach. The crew is at present engaged in firefighting efforts, however we now have requested the Japan Coast Guard to offer firefighting help,’ a Coast Guard official stated, as per NHK.
The USS New Orleans, which carries greater than 360 sailors and has the capability to move 800 Marines, was anchored off the White Beach Naval Facility on the time of the incident. The Navy confirmed that two sailors have been handled for minor accidents within the ship’s medical bay, as CNN reported.
According to CNN, firefighting groups from one other American ship, USS San Diego, in addition to the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force and different US Navy items based mostly in Okinawa, joined the hassle. The Navy stated these reinforcements ‘supplied essential help to the firefighting efforts.’
The White Beach facility is a key hub for deploying US Marines and tools aboard amphibious ships such because the New Orleans, which measures 684 toes in size, as per CNN. (ANI)