The Navy is investigating fire onboard guided missile cruiser USS Hué City (CG-66) during the ship’s transit of the Atlantic on its way to a deployment in the Mediterranean, Navy officials told USNI News Wednesday.
No one was injured in the fire, but the ship is returning to Naval Station Mayport, Fla. instead of continuing to 6th Fleet.
“There is an assessment team onboard trying to figure out the extent of the damage,” U.S. Fleet Forces spokeswoman Lt. Cmdr. Reann Mommsen told USNI News.
“Obviously, it’s bad enough that they’re coming back to Mayport.”
The ship suffered the fire about 200 miles northeast of Bermuda, according to Pentagon spokesman Col. Steve Warren.
“The fire spread through stacks one and three to the first and third decks, and created multiple fires. All the fires were extinguished without injury,” according to a Tuesday report in Stars and Stripes.
Hué City is a Ticonderoga-class cruiser equipped with a ballistic missile defense (BMD) capability.
