Carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Suffers Fire at Norfolk Naval Shipyard

Aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) suffered a fire this week while undergoing a maintenance availability at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va., USNI News has learned. There was a small fire onboard the carrier Tuesday, a Navy spokesperson confirmed to USNI News. The ship’s force and Norfolk Naval Shipyard personnel immediately contained and extinguished the fire, the spokesperson said. Three sailors were injured as a result of the fire. The sailors were treated by the ship’s medical team and returned to full duty, according to the spokesperson. Dwight D. Eisenhower has been moored at the Navy’s public Virginia-based