Coast Guard Cutter Waesche Suffers Fire, Arrives In Port For Inspection

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The Coast Guard National Security Cutter Waesche on Sunday suffered fires aboard the ship during a deployment in support of the U.S. Navy and arrived in port in Japan on Tuesday for an inspection and potential repairs, the Coast Guard said late Tuesday night. The fires were discovered in the ship’s exhaust stack and nearby spaces after black smoke was discovered. The incident is the second major casualty for a Coast Guard ship in just over a month after the service’s sole medium polar icebreaker had to abort its annual scientific mission to the Arctic in August following an onboard fire that put one of its propulsion motors out of service. The Healy is currently at its homeport in Seattle and is awaiting a trip to a drydock for repairs.