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A significant fire aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins reportedly damaged propulsion and electrical power, with location and circumstances not disclosed. The ship is forward-deployed to Yokosuka under the 7th Fleet in the Indo-Pacific, and no injuries have been reported. This marks the third U.S. warship fire this year as investigations continue into the incidents.
A major fire aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins knocked out electricity and propulsion, with no U.S. service members injured as of Wednesday. The cause and exact location within INDOPACOM were not disclosed, and repair timelines remain unclear. Higgins is forward-deployed in Yokosuka, Japan, as part of the 7th Fleet under INDOPACOM, and had been in Singapore as of February; this incident follows other recent Navy ship fires, though further details are not yet available.
The USS Blue Ridge, the Navy's oldest operational warship and flagship of the U.S. 7th Fleet, has returned to Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan after completing its first full patrol in the Indo-Pacific region since 2019. The ship spent 40 days at sea, covering 8,840 nautical miles and making port calls in Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, and the Philippines. The Blue Ridge serves as a peacetime emissary, platform for humanitarian efforts, and command-and-control ship during fleet operations. This patrol was seen as important due to the ship's unique mission in the vast region.