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.

A fire burned aboard a US Navy warship anchored off Okinawa for 12 hours, injuring two sailors, a statement from the Navy’s 7th Fleet in Japan said.

Video from Japanese local media showed crews responding to a fire on the USS New Orleans near Okinawa.

Despite Japan’s reputation for superior safety standards, the Osaka fire reveals growing cracks, exposing a trajectory of deregulation and neglect.

Firefighting operations underway for the US Navy's San Antonio class amphibious warfare ship USS New Orleans, which suffered a fire while it was off White Beach in Uruma City on t

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.