Navy Investigating Shipyard ‘Hot Work’ Fire Aboard USS Gettysburg

Guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64), returns to Naval Station Mayport after a nine-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet on April 18, 2014. US Navy Photo

The Navy is investigating the cause of a maintenance yard fire aboard a guided-missile cruiser that sent four sailors to the hospital earlier this week.

A fire broke out aboard USS Gettysburg (CG-64) on Wednesday as a result of hot work performed on the ship during a maintenance period at the BAE Systems repair yard in...

https://news.usni.org/2021/07/09/navy-investigating-shipyard-hot-work-fire-aboard-uss-gettysburg

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