A U.S. Navy ship caught fire near Okinawa, and firefighting operations continued until late at night.

US Navy ship on fire! At around 1:00 pm local time on August 20, a fire broke out on the US Navy's "New Orleans" (LPD-18), an "San Antonio"-class ship stationed in Japan. It is said that the fire started from the cafeteria and could not be extinguished. Around 5:00 pm, the Japanese Coast Guard received a request for assistance from the US military to put out the fire. The ship continued firefighting operations until late at night, and overall, the fire was not large.

The location of the ship is near the US Navy base "White Beach" in Uruma City, Okinawa Prefecture. This ship belongs to the "San Antonio"-class amphibious dock landing ship, with a length of 208.4 meters, a width of 32 meters, and a full load displacement of 24,433 tons. There are 12 ships in the "San Antonio" class.

In July 2020, the US Navy's "USS Bonhomme Richard" suffered a serious fire at the San Diego Naval Base, and was later completely scrapped. Eight "Wasp"-class amphibious assault ships were completely burned down.

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