USS New Orleans catches massive fire near American base in Japan’s Okinawa; 2 sailors injured A fire broke out aboard the USS New Orleans, a U.S. Navy warship anchored off Okinawa, and burned for over 12 hours, injuring two sailors. The amphibious transport dock ship was conducting operations near White Beach Naval Facility when the blaze erupted. Firefighting teams from nearby ships, the Japan Coast Guard, and Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force assisted in extinguishing the flames. The cause o

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The uniform of USCG veteran Emmett W. Greenlee Damage Controlman USS LST 830 which made the landing operations on Okinawa. | Ghosts of the Battlefield