JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — (The video above is from a previous, unrelated report)
A fire has been extinguished on the USS Milwaukee, a US Navy littoral combat ship at Naval Station Mayport, according to a spokesperson for the base.
Mayport authorities responded to the scene Friday afternoon, along with the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department.
Naval Station Mayport Facebook page posted that at approximately 1:41 p.m., sailors onboard USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) responded to a Class C electrical fire aboard the ship.
The ship’s crew and Jacksonville Fire and Rescue have extinguished the fire and are desmoking the affected spaces, the base said.
All Navy and contractor personnel are accounted for and safe, according to the base.
The Navy will investigate the cause of the fire and determining the extent of the damage.
The ship returned to Mayport in April after a successful deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operation.
The ship deployed on Dec. 14, 2021 to conduct U.S. Southern Command and Joint Interagency Task Force South's counter narcotics operations in the Caribbean Sea, a news release states.
Milwaukee, with its embarked U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment assisted in disrupting an estimated 690 kilograms of cocaine worth an estimated street value of over $48.3 million and removed five suspected drug traffickers from the narcotics trade, according to the news release.
It's also the same US Navy littoral combat ship that had to stay in port at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay during its deployment due to a COVID-19 outbreak.