The Navy declared a fire aboard the amphibious transport dock USS New Orleans extinguished following a 12-hour battle Wednesday night off the coast of Okinawa, Japan. U.S. 7th Fleet officials said the fire began at 4 p.m. Wednesday afternoon while the ship was anchored off the White Beach Naval Facility.

The Sasebo naval base is among the major facilities of the Japan-based U.S. Seventh Fleet, headquartered in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo at the mouth of Tokyo Bay. Yokosuka is also the home port of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington, the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed flattop.

WASHINGTON — The USS New Orleans (LPD 18) caught fire Wednesday off the coast of Okinawa, according to the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet. The fire began at approximately 4 p.m. Wednesday, local time. It was declared extinguished at 4 a.m. Thursday, a U.S. Navy spokesperson said.

A fire was reported aboard the amphibious USS New Orleans (LPD-18) on Wednesday off the coast of Okinawa. “Crews are responding to a fire aboard USS New Orleans this afternoon, Aug. 20,

Police and fire department officials began an on-site investigation on Tuesday into a deadly fire that broke out the previous day in a busy commercial district in Osaka City, western Japan. The fire left two firefighters dead.

There have been no reports of injuries, and vessels from Japan's Self-Defense Forces are fighting the fire, NHK said.