The question isn't why warships catch fire. Ships are floating industrial plants packed with fuel, power, and munitions. The real question is why the US Navy, the best-resourced naval force in history ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A photo provided by the Japanese Coast Guard shows crews battling the fire on the USS New Orlenas - Japanese Coast Guard A fire ...

As of Monday morning, firefighting teams continue operations onboard USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), 57 personnel, both U.S. Navy Sailors and civilians, have been treated for minor injuries including ...

Washington — A fire broke out Tuesday on the USS Higgins, a guided-missile destroyer and a mainstay of the Navy's forward presence in Asia, according to U.S. officials. The fire knocked out ...

Flames broke out on a huge Navy warship under construction at a San Diego shipyard, sending fire crews racing to the scene. SDFRD officials said emergency crews rushed to the General Dynamics NASSCO ...

A fire broke out Wednesday on the USS New Orleans warship off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, leaving two sailors with minor injuries.The fire on the amphibious transport dock ship has been extinguished ...

The Navy has pumped over $123 million into the clean-up of a World War II anti-submarine blimp hangar in Southern California destroyed by fire a year ago. Workers for the Navy have hauled away over ...

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James LaPorta is the national security coordinating producer for the CBS News' Washington bureau. He is a former U.S. Marine veteran infantryman and veteran of the Afghanistan war. Washington — A fire ...