A fire on a US Navy ship off Japan was finally put out after 12 hours early Thursday after local vessels spent most of the ...
Staffing shortages and ineffective ways of ensuring contractors comply with safety standards threaten to derail fire prevention efforts, GAO found.
The fire burned for four days and severely damaged the ship to the point that the Navy decided to scrap it rather than repair it.
However, staffing shortages threaten progress and oversight. GAO found that key organizations responsible for fire safety ...
Dramatic footage shows a US Navy ship on fire while it was docked in Okinawa, Japan. The USS New Orleans went up in flames while it was moored close to an American military port on Wednesday (20 ...