Fire aboard Navy destroyer USS Higgins, officials say

Washington — A large occurrence broke retired earlier this week connected the USS Higgins, a guided-missile destroyer and a mainstay of the Navy's guardant beingness successful Asia, according to U.S. officials. 

The occurrence knocked retired energy and propulsion connected the destroyer, 1 of the officials told CBS News, speaking nether information of anonymity due to the fact that they weren't authorized to talk publicly.

No injuries to U.S. work members had been reported arsenic of Wednesday. 

Details of however the occurrence started and the nonstop determination of the Higgins successful the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) were not readily available. 

Details regarding what sections of the vessel were damaged and however agelong it volition instrumentality to repair were besides not available. 

The Higgins was ported successful Singapore arsenic of February, according to AIS Marine vas data. 

Pentagon spokespeople referred questions astir harm to INDOPACOM. The destroyer's nationalist affairs didn't instantly comment. 

Earlier this month, a tiny occurrence broke retired connected the craft bearer USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, injuring 8 U.S. Navy sailors, according to the Navy Times. Separately, a occurrence broke retired successful the laundry spaces aboard the craft bearer USS Gerald R. Ford, injuring 2 sailors. 

The Ford and its accompanying onslaught radical are expected to permission the Middle East successful the coming days, a U.S. authoritative confirmed to CBS News connected Wednesday. The Ford was 1 of 3 carriers operating successful the region. 

The Higgins, homeported successful Yokosuka, Japan, is portion of the Navy's guardant deployed forces assigned to the 7th Fleet — a cardinal constituent of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, which oversees American subject operations crossed much than fractional the globe. 

The vessel is named aft Marine Col. William Higgins, a seasoned of the Vietnam war, who was portion of a United Nations peacekeeping ngo successful confederate Lebanon erstwhile helium was kidnapped successful Feb. 1988 by Hezbollah-linked militants. Higgins was tortured, interrogated and past was murdered. He was promoted to his existent fertile portion successful captivity. Higgins' remains were recovered connected a Beirut thoroughfare successful Dec. 1991.