Staffing shortages and ineffective ways of ensuring contractors comply with safety standards threaten to derail fire prevention efforts, GAO found.
A US Navy amphibious transport dock ship, the USS New Orleans (LPD-18), caught fire off the coast of Uruma City, Okinawa, on Wednesday evening(August 20), prompting 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 ...