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2026-05-01 Science & Technology

US Navy destroyer Higgins caught fire in the Indo-Pacific region

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[Regnum] A major fire broke out on the USS Higgins, a destroyer operating in the US Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility. CBS News reported this on April 30.

The US Navy is still turning itself around after the nonsense of the three Obama terms. There is still work to be done, both for the sailors and the ships.

"There were no reports of casualties among American military personnel," the TV channel noted, citing an American official.

The ship, equipped with guided missiles, is considered a mainstay of the US Navy's forward presence in Asia. The fire knocked out its electrical power and propulsion system. It's unclear what parts of the ship were damaged or how long repairs will take.

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Posted by badanov 2026-05-01 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1799 views ] Top

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Some might see a pattern developing here?

Posted by NN2N1 2026-05-01 05:48|| 2026-05-01 05:48|| Front Page Top

2 Mutiny or Treason?

Posted by EMS Artifact 2026-05-01 09:41|| 2026-05-01 09:41|| Front Page Top

3 And no Magnum around to bail out the Hopeless Higgins

Posted by Mercutio 2026-05-01 09:57|| 2026-05-01 09:57|| Front Page Top

4 As a Midshipman, I spent 6 weeks on the USS Saratoga in the Med. Underway, I think I remember the At Sea Fire Party being called away at least once a day. I could be wrong. It was 1987.

Fires happen much less often on destroyers, but they do happen occasionally. There are fewer people on a destroyer and less equipment.

Many of the smaller electrical fires used to be termed something like “warming insulation” to circumvent the requirement to send out a notification to the chain of command up to Sec Nav. My guess is that the fire was significant enough to make some piece of equipment inoperable or degraded. That would have mandated notifications. The releasing of the info to the press could have had a number of sources, both legitimate or illicit.

Posted by Super Hose 2026-05-01 10:38|| 2026-05-01 10:38|| Front Page Top

5 HYSTERIA! HYSTERIA! Like shit don't happen everyday in every field of work.

Posted by chris 2026-05-01 11:31|| 2026-05-01 11:31|| Front Page Top

6 "The U.S. Navy classified it as an "electrical casualty," which means it wasn't a large fire but a short circuit in one the ship's generators."
According to CBS.

Posted by ed in texas 2026-05-01 11:52|| 2026-05-01 11:52|| Front Page Top

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