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The U.S. aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford, deployed in operations against Iran, is expected to temporarily pull into port after a fire on board, U.S. officials said on Tuesday, the 18th day ‌of the war with Tehran.

The carrier, America's newest and the world's largest, is currently located in the Red Sea. It is expected to temporarily go to Souda Bay on the Greek island of Crete, the two officials said.

The warship has been deployed for nine months, including taking part in operations against Venezuela in the Caribbean ⁠prior to arriving in the Middle East. The length of the deployment has raised questions about morale of the sailors on board and the readiness of the warship.

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[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 9 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (3 children)

Sooo...Iranian drone...or disgruntled sailors/smoking accident/old ship?

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 18 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I’ll bet on poor morale, which led to an accident. You’d have to be out of your mind to want the ship you’re trapped on to catch fire.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I could imagine someone thinking a small fire might be safer than the ship carrying on to Hormuz.

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Nobody is running a carrier through Hormuz and no one aboard would think they might be heading there, that's not how any of this works. Escort/freedom of navigation work would be done by destroyers or smaller vessels.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 1 points 1 hour ago

How many layers of "nobody would be stupid enough to..." deep are we into this situation at this point?

[–] chocrates@piefed.world 7 points 6 hours ago

Maybe the pipes to the shitter exploded

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 hours ago

She was laid down in 2009, so not very old. The Nimitz class dates to the 70s.