Fire Burns For 12 Hours On USS New Orleans!

James Kaufman, World News Report Today. In breaking news, fire burns for 12 hours on USS New Orleans. A fire burned aboard a U.S. Navy warship anchored off Okinawa, Japan, for 12 hours, injuring two sailors, a statement from the Navy's 7th Fleet in Japan has stated. The fire aboard the USS New Orleans, an amphibious transport dock ship with a crew of more than 360 sailors and capable of carrying 800 troops, began about 4 p.m. local time on Wednesday and was extinguished early Thursday morning, according to the statement. But a statement from the Japanese Coast Guard Which helped fight the fire, said the firefighting efforts did not end until just after 9 a.m. local time and that an investigation was underway to determine whether the fire was fully extinguished. Two sailors suffered minor injuries and were treated in onboard medical facilities, the Navy stated. When the fire broke out, the ship was anchored off. The White Beach, a Navy facility on the east coast of the Japanese island. The facility serves as a staging area for U.S. Marines and their equipment to deploy amphibious ships like the New Orleans, which is 684 feet long with a displacement of over 24,000 tons. The USS New Orleans crew was assisted in firefighting efforts by crews from the USS San Diego, which was also moored at White Beach, the Navy stated. The cause of the fire is under investigation, according to the 7th Fleet's statement. We can all thank God that there were no casualties. Please share this information. Please subscribe if you have not. And always remember that anything's possible. Bizarro.