USS New Orleans Fire Response Hindered by Initial Confusion, Investigation Shows

A single cigarette or vape may have started a fire in a storeroom onboard amphibious transport dock USS New Orleans (LPD-18) in August 2025 but key crew failures enabled the blaze to continue for 11 hours before it was extinguished, according to a newly released command investigation. The 46-page investigation was completed in November and released Friday to USNI News via a public records request. The report describes how the crew of New Orleans, which was anchored near White Beach, Okinawa, at

Source: USNI News