Fire on US Navy ship
A fire broke out in the engine room of the USNS Sgt. William R. Button (T-AK-3012, 2nd Lt. John P. Bobo class) at the end of March, causing her to lose propulsion about 24 miles (approx. 38 km) off the coast of Dauphin Island in the Gulf of Mexico. Four tugs took the ship to the Alabama shipyard in Mobile. USNS stands for United States Naval Ship and is the ship name prefix for US naval vessels that are not in direct military service but are owned by the US Navy. The ship belongs to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) and is part of the Navy's Maritime Prepositioning Force. At the time...
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