US Navy warship loses power and propulsion after ‘electrical malfunction’ |
US Navy warship loses power and propulsion after ‘electrical malfunction’
A U.S. Navy warship lost power and propulsion after suffering from an “electrical malfunction” while sailing in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command region.
CBS News reported that a fire broke out aboard the USS Higgins on Tuesday.
Cmdr. Matthew Comer, a spokesperson for the U.S. 7th Fleet, said in a statement to The Hill that the electrical malfunction may have produced “sparking or smoke that ceased once power was removed.”
The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer experienced an “engineering casualty” to its “electrical distribution system,” he said.
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