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Three Sailors Injured in Fire Aboard USS Zumwalt During Modernization in Mississippi
Stealth destroyer undergoing $8B upgrade at Pascagoula shipyard as Navy investigates incident
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- Three sailors were injured after a fire broke out aboard USS Zumwalt while the stealth destroyer was pierside at HII Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, undergoing modernization.
- One sailor was hospitalized in stable condition while two others received on-site treatment.
- The Navy is investigating the cause and damage to the troubled warship, which has never seen combat and has become a symbol of Pentagon cost overruns, with the Zumwalt-class program consuming $24.5 billion for just three ships.
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Three sailors were injured after a fire broke out aboard USS Zumwalt while the stealth destroyer was pierside at HII Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, undergoing modernization. One sailor was hospitalized in stable condition while two others received on-site treatment. The Navy is investigating the cause and damage to the troubled warship, which has never seen combat and has become a symbol of Pentagon cost overruns, with the Zumwalt-class program consuming $24.5 billion for just three ships.
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