The New Orleans has been deployed to Sasebo, Japan, since December 2019. The ship is one of the Navy’s San Antonio-class amphibious transport docks, which transport embarked Marines and can carry Landing Craft Air Cushions and other landing craft along with Amphibious Assault Vehicles and helicopters or MV-22B Ospreys.

The US Navy amphibious warship USS New Orleans caught fire near Okinawa, Japan. Crews have been responding to the fire, a Navy spokesperson told Business Insider. The cause of the fire and the extent of the damage are currently unknown. A fire broke out aboard the US Navy amphibious warship USS New Orleans in Japan on Wednesday evening.

A fire erupted on the USS New Orleans, an amphibious transport dock ship, while anchored off Okinawa, lasting nearly 12 hours. Two sailors sustained m