United States Navy USS Higgins Damaged

Suffered an engineering casualty affecting the electrical distribution system on 28 April 2026 while conducting routine operations in the Indo-Pacific under U.S. 7th Fleet. The fire was contained to a single piece of equipment but caused a shipwide loss of power, disabling propulsion and key combat and sensor systems including the Aegis Combat System for several hours. Power and propulsion were fully restored before the incident was disclosed publicly on 30 April. No injuries were reported among the roughly 300 sailors aboard. Higgins is a Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class destroyer commissioned in 1999, forward-deployed to Yokosuka.