Kingy said:

I’m finding several unconfirmed reports that both US carriers have been hit over the last few weeks, all or almost all US bases have been hit, and the casualty count is nearing 1000 US servicemen.

It seems that fire on board one of them was more than just a laundry catching fire because somebody forgot to clean the lint filter. It took nearly a whole day to bring this “laundry fire” under control. Naval crews are usually well drilled and trained in damage control and firefighting on board ship.