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Iran BOMBS U.S Warship USS Dwight Eisenhower? After USS Gerald Fire, 2nd US Warship ERUPTS IN FLAMES

Iran BOMBS U.S Warship USS Dwight Eisenhower? After USS Gerald Fire, 2nd US Warship ERUPTS IN FLAMES

Two of America's most powerful warships. Both out of action. Both hit by fires within months of each other. One was deployed in the Red Sea — Iran's backyard. The other had just come back from the same warzone. So the question everyone's asking — and nobody in the Pentagon wants to answer directly — Was this an accident? Or was this something else? Let's start with the bigger of the two incidents. March 12th, 2026. The USS Gerald R. Ford — America's most advanced aircraft carrier, a $13 billion warship — is operating in the Red Sea. A fire breaks out in the ship's main laundry facilities. Now before you think — laundry room, how bad could it be — here's the answer. Bad. Really bad. It took 30 hours to extinguish. Thirty hours of sailors fighting fire aboard a vessel packed with jet fuel, munitions, and aviation systems. Over 200 sailors needed medical attention for smoke inhalation. More than 600 were displaced from their sleeping quarters — their bunks destroyed or rendered uninhabitable by smoke and water damage.

Video Published On: Friday, Apr 17, 2026, 11:35 [IST]
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