Carrier Abraham Lincoln suffers electrical fire in port

Editor’s note: This story originally incorrectly identified which ship was affected. It was the Abraham Lincoln.

WASHINGTON — Sailors from the crew of aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln extinguished an electrical fire that broke out on the ship around 2 p.m. on June 28, according to the Navy.

Non-essential personnel were evacuated from the ship for a short period, but no one was injured during the event, Cmdr. Zach Harrell, the spokesman for Naval Air Forces, told Defense News.

According to a statement from Harrell, “the in-port emergency team aboard aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) responded to an electrical fire in the forward emergency diesel generator compartment.”

He said the fire was extinguished within about 10 minutes.

Harrell noted that no foul play is suspected, and an “assessment is underway to determine the extent of the damage to the ship.”