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USS Gerald R. Ford may have been sabotaged by crew member/s
USS Gerald R. Ford may have been sabotaged and set on fire by a crew member of the ship, while involved in the convicted felon President Donald J. Trump's war against Iran.
USS Gerald R. Ford may have been sabotaged by crew member/s
USS Gerald R. Ford sailors may prefer to be at a No Kings rally
By Lynda Carson - March 27, 2026
According to a number of reports, sailors aboard the $13 billion aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, are suspected of setting it on fire to get out of duty in the convicted felon President Trump’s war against Iran.
At this point, the sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford that retreated from the convicted felon President Donald J. Trumps war against Iran, may rather be back in the states to join millions of others in the No Kings rallies happening all across the nation on Saturday, March 28.
Reportedly, “The fire, which broke out in the carrier’s aft laundry facility on March 12, took 30 hours to extinguish, according to the new York Times. The fire is being investigated.” Additionally, there are also numerous reports that sabotage may have been involved by crew members who may be angry that their standard six-month tour of duty has been extended. Making matters worse, the ship’s toilets have been constantly breaking down and clogging up with sewage.
That’s right. The $13 billion aircraft carrier with around 4,600 crew members has been known to be a floating cesspool. After almost a year at sea and experiencing chronic sewage leaks every day, the crew of America’s largest nuclear powered aircraft carrier may be at a breaking point. They may have set fire to the ship to get out away from Trump’s war against Iran.
According to a report with The Times, in part it said, “A fire broke out in the ship’s laundry room, resulting in two sailors being treated for lacerations and more than 200 sailors receiving medical aid for smoke inhalation. The fire lasted more than 30 hours and destroyed much of the berthing.
More than 600 crew members had to sleep on floors and tables and the ship was forced to borrow 1,000 mattresses from the USS John F Kennedy, the US Naval Institute reported. The carrier will now undergo at least a week of repairs at Souda Bay in Crete.”
A January 17, 2026 NPR report, in part said, "Every day that the entire crew is present on the ship, a trouble call has been made for ship's force personnel to repair or unclog a portion of the VCHT system, since June 2023," reads an undated document provided by the Navy, through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.
The carrier has called for help outside the ship 42 times since 2023. The rate of calls is increasing, with 32 calls happening in 2025;12 calls were made after the carrier started its recent deployment in June.
A March 18, 2025 email from the engineering department sent out to all chiefs on the ship said there were 205 breakdowns in four days. The sailors who work on the sewage system, called hull maintenance technicians (HTs), fell behind in the months leading up to USS Ford's scheduled deployment.
"Our sewage system is being mistreated and destroyed by Sailors on a daily basis. My HT's are currently working 19 hours a day right now trying to keep up with the demand," according to the email.
The average age on the USS Ford is similar to a college campus. For many of the sailors, this is their first extended time away from home. At times the emails almost evoke a floating dorm room, revealing that everything from t-shirts to a four-foot piece of rope have been removed from the system. The vacuum pipes are narrow. Brown paper towels and even commercial toilet paper also cause breakdowns. The most common problem is a valve at the back of the toilets that can be knocked loose and cause all of the toilets (which the Navy calls heads) in one of 10 zones to lose suction.”
Additionally, last February, according to an AP report, a protest took place at Souda Bay, Crete, against the USS Gerald R. Ford while it was docked there as the threat’s of war against Iran were heating up again.
If a sailor aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford sabotaged the ship by setting it on fire, it is not the first time that something like this occurred.
Reportedly, during the American war against Vietnam, “In December 1972, Jeffrey Allison, a 19-year-old seaman’s apprentice from Oakland, CA, was sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted of setting a blaze aboard the USS Forrestal in Norfolk, Virginia. On retiring from the Navy the month before, Admiral Charles K. Duncan had called for the Navy to get rid of “‘activist, antisocial, antimilitary, anti-United States misfits” who “may cause sabotage” aboard U.S. ships, United Press International (UPl) reported at the time.”
Sometimes sailors would submit a petition to Congress against U.S. imperialism.
See petition below to Congress from some of the USS Midway aircraft carrier sailors around May, 1973, who were stationed in Alameda, CA, at the time.
“We, the crew and families of the U.S.S. Midway, do hereby exercise our rights as citizens of the United States of America to petition Congress on the following issue. We object to the homeporting in Yokosuka, Japan of the U.S.S. Midway for the following reasons:
(1) We are freely opposed to the excessive expansion and imposition of United States military forces overseas. Homeporting the Midway in Yokosuka is another attempt by the U.S. to permanently establish its military presence in Asia.
(2) We object to the false statements made by the military that there is an all volunteer crew to deploy to Yokosuka.
(3) We disapprove of the government's lack of preparations in providing housing and other living accommodations to support our full complement of crew and families.
(4) It is the right of all military personnel as citizen-soldiers of the U.S. to practice individually or collectively their rights as citizens, namely, (a) the right to free speech, (b) the right to peacefully assemble, (c) freedom of the press, and (d) the right to petition Congress.”
Protest stories and photos by sailors against the American war in Vietnam, from the “Stop Our Ship” (S.O.S) movement, may be found by clicking here.
The USS Gerald R. Ford;
The USS Gerald R. Ford may be jinxed because it is named after a president who was never voted into office. It’s named after a Republican president who pardoned former President Richard Nixon a.k.a Tricky Dick, for all of his crimes while in office, including the Watergate break-in at the Democratic National Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Reportedly, “The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) was built by Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII)'s Newport News Shipbuilding division in Newport News, Virginia. Construction began in 2005, and the ship was delivered to the U.S. Navy in 2017. It is the lead ship of the Gerald R. Ford class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.”
Kirkland H. Donald (Chairman) of HII.
Christopher D. Kastner (President and CEO) of HII.
Eric Chewning (Vice president) of HII, a resident of Great Falls, VA, is a $5,000 campaign contributor to ‘Ollivant for Congress’ during 2025, and is a major campaign contributor to the convicted felon Trump’s campaign, and many other politicians.
See link below for OpenSecrets report for Huntington Ingalls Industries.
https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/huntington-ingalls-industries/summary?id=D000064813
Lynda Carson may be reached at newzland2 [at] gmail.com
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USS Gerald R. Ford sailors may prefer to be at a No Kings rally
By Lynda Carson - March 27, 2026
According to a number of reports, sailors aboard the $13 billion aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, are suspected of setting it on fire to get out of duty in the convicted felon President Trump’s war against Iran.
At this point, the sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford that retreated from the convicted felon President Donald J. Trumps war against Iran, may rather be back in the states to join millions of others in the No Kings rallies happening all across the nation on Saturday, March 28.
Reportedly, “The fire, which broke out in the carrier’s aft laundry facility on March 12, took 30 hours to extinguish, according to the new York Times. The fire is being investigated.” Additionally, there are also numerous reports that sabotage may have been involved by crew members who may be angry that their standard six-month tour of duty has been extended. Making matters worse, the ship’s toilets have been constantly breaking down and clogging up with sewage.
That’s right. The $13 billion aircraft carrier with around 4,600 crew members has been known to be a floating cesspool. After almost a year at sea and experiencing chronic sewage leaks every day, the crew of America’s largest nuclear powered aircraft carrier may be at a breaking point. They may have set fire to the ship to get out away from Trump’s war against Iran.
According to a report with The Times, in part it said, “A fire broke out in the ship’s laundry room, resulting in two sailors being treated for lacerations and more than 200 sailors receiving medical aid for smoke inhalation. The fire lasted more than 30 hours and destroyed much of the berthing.
More than 600 crew members had to sleep on floors and tables and the ship was forced to borrow 1,000 mattresses from the USS John F Kennedy, the US Naval Institute reported. The carrier will now undergo at least a week of repairs at Souda Bay in Crete.”
A January 17, 2026 NPR report, in part said, "Every day that the entire crew is present on the ship, a trouble call has been made for ship's force personnel to repair or unclog a portion of the VCHT system, since June 2023," reads an undated document provided by the Navy, through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.
The carrier has called for help outside the ship 42 times since 2023. The rate of calls is increasing, with 32 calls happening in 2025;12 calls were made after the carrier started its recent deployment in June.
A March 18, 2025 email from the engineering department sent out to all chiefs on the ship said there were 205 breakdowns in four days. The sailors who work on the sewage system, called hull maintenance technicians (HTs), fell behind in the months leading up to USS Ford's scheduled deployment.
"Our sewage system is being mistreated and destroyed by Sailors on a daily basis. My HT's are currently working 19 hours a day right now trying to keep up with the demand," according to the email.
The average age on the USS Ford is similar to a college campus. For many of the sailors, this is their first extended time away from home. At times the emails almost evoke a floating dorm room, revealing that everything from t-shirts to a four-foot piece of rope have been removed from the system. The vacuum pipes are narrow. Brown paper towels and even commercial toilet paper also cause breakdowns. The most common problem is a valve at the back of the toilets that can be knocked loose and cause all of the toilets (which the Navy calls heads) in one of 10 zones to lose suction.”
Additionally, last February, according to an AP report, a protest took place at Souda Bay, Crete, against the USS Gerald R. Ford while it was docked there as the threat’s of war against Iran were heating up again.
If a sailor aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford sabotaged the ship by setting it on fire, it is not the first time that something like this occurred.
Reportedly, during the American war against Vietnam, “In December 1972, Jeffrey Allison, a 19-year-old seaman’s apprentice from Oakland, CA, was sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted of setting a blaze aboard the USS Forrestal in Norfolk, Virginia. On retiring from the Navy the month before, Admiral Charles K. Duncan had called for the Navy to get rid of “‘activist, antisocial, antimilitary, anti-United States misfits” who “may cause sabotage” aboard U.S. ships, United Press International (UPl) reported at the time.”
Sometimes sailors would submit a petition to Congress against U.S. imperialism.
See petition below to Congress from some of the USS Midway aircraft carrier sailors around May, 1973, who were stationed in Alameda, CA, at the time.
“We, the crew and families of the U.S.S. Midway, do hereby exercise our rights as citizens of the United States of America to petition Congress on the following issue. We object to the homeporting in Yokosuka, Japan of the U.S.S. Midway for the following reasons:
(1) We are freely opposed to the excessive expansion and imposition of United States military forces overseas. Homeporting the Midway in Yokosuka is another attempt by the U.S. to permanently establish its military presence in Asia.
(2) We object to the false statements made by the military that there is an all volunteer crew to deploy to Yokosuka.
(3) We disapprove of the government's lack of preparations in providing housing and other living accommodations to support our full complement of crew and families.
(4) It is the right of all military personnel as citizen-soldiers of the U.S. to practice individually or collectively their rights as citizens, namely, (a) the right to free speech, (b) the right to peacefully assemble, (c) freedom of the press, and (d) the right to petition Congress.”
Protest stories and photos by sailors against the American war in Vietnam, from the “Stop Our Ship” (S.O.S) movement, may be found by clicking here.
The USS Gerald R. Ford;
The USS Gerald R. Ford may be jinxed because it is named after a president who was never voted into office. It’s named after a Republican president who pardoned former President Richard Nixon a.k.a Tricky Dick, for all of his crimes while in office, including the Watergate break-in at the Democratic National Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Reportedly, “The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) was built by Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII)'s Newport News Shipbuilding division in Newport News, Virginia. Construction began in 2005, and the ship was delivered to the U.S. Navy in 2017. It is the lead ship of the Gerald R. Ford class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.”
Kirkland H. Donald (Chairman) of HII.
Christopher D. Kastner (President and CEO) of HII.
Eric Chewning (Vice president) of HII, a resident of Great Falls, VA, is a $5,000 campaign contributor to ‘Ollivant for Congress’ during 2025, and is a major campaign contributor to the convicted felon Trump’s campaign, and many other politicians.
See link below for OpenSecrets report for Huntington Ingalls Industries.
https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/huntington-ingalls-industries/summary?id=D000064813
Lynda Carson may be reached at newzland2 [at] gmail.com
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After doing a little research, I discovered that Jeffrey Allison, of Oakland, CA, a 19 year old sailor accused of setting a $7.5 million fire aboard the USS Forestall in 1972, claimed he was innocent. Reportedly, the military trial only lasted 2 weeks.
See links to stories below...
-Lynda Carson
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More about Jeffrey Allison, of Oakland, CA, accused of setting a $7.5 million fire aboard the USS Forestall in 1972, but claimed he was innocent.
In this story, he turns himself in for going a.w.o.l. to visit his sick (cancer) grandmother.
October 30, 1974, Oakland Tribune article.
Click below…
https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune/173526948/
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Jeffrey Allison, of Oakland, CA, accused of setting a $7.5 million fire aboard the USS Forestall in 1972.
Reportedly, “Jeffrey Allison was sentenced to 5 years of his life breaking rocks in a Naval brig, after being charged with starting a fire that destroyed the War Room, Combat Information Center, Computer Room, Carrier Control Center, and the living quarters of Rear Admiral J.P. More, on board the aircraft USS Forestall.”
Click below…
https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/community.28032002.pdf
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(December 6, 1972)
Sailor on Forrestal Denies He Admitted Setting Ship Ablaze
https://www.nytimes.com/1972/12/06/archives/sailor-on-forrestal-denies-he-admitted-setting-ship-ablaze.html
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See links to stories below...
-Lynda Carson
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More about Jeffrey Allison, of Oakland, CA, accused of setting a $7.5 million fire aboard the USS Forestall in 1972, but claimed he was innocent.
In this story, he turns himself in for going a.w.o.l. to visit his sick (cancer) grandmother.
October 30, 1974, Oakland Tribune article.
Click below…
https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune/173526948/
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Jeffrey Allison, of Oakland, CA, accused of setting a $7.5 million fire aboard the USS Forestall in 1972.
Reportedly, “Jeffrey Allison was sentenced to 5 years of his life breaking rocks in a Naval brig, after being charged with starting a fire that destroyed the War Room, Combat Information Center, Computer Room, Carrier Control Center, and the living quarters of Rear Admiral J.P. More, on board the aircraft USS Forestall.”
Click below…
https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/community.28032002.pdf
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(December 6, 1972)
Sailor on Forrestal Denies He Admitted Setting Ship Ablaze
https://www.nytimes.com/1972/12/06/archives/sailor-on-forrestal-denies-he-admitted-setting-ship-ablaze.html
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Resistance To The War & The Military By Sailors In The Early 70s:
Posted by Lynda Carson
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Antiwar Resistance Within the Military During the Vietnam War
By David Cortright
October 17, 2017
https://www.vietnampeace.org/blog/antiwar-resistance-within-the-military-during-the-vietnam-war
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Resistance To The War & The Military By Sailors In The Early 70s:
In addition to sailors from the USS Midway being against the war and the military, reportedly, sailors from various other naval ships were against the war; “As the withdrawal of U.S. ground forces accelerated in 1971, the Nixon administration compensated for diminished firepower on the ground with intensified bombing attacks from the air. As sailors and airmen were ordered to participate in this onslaught, morale dropped and antiwar protest and resistance increased. The number of GI antiwar papers in the Navy and Air Force increased sharply after 1970. Organized antiwar protest began to emerge aboard several aircraft carriers. In 1971 junior officers and enlisted sailors aboard the U.S.S. Constellation based in San Diego organized an informal referendum against the ship’s scheduled deployment to Vietnam. Thousands of military service members in the area participated in the ballot and ‘voted’ for the Connie to stay home. A similar movement emerged in November 1971 in the San Francisco Bay Area to protest the sailing of the U.S.S Coral Sea from Alameda Naval Station. Approximately 1,200 sailors, one quarter of the crew, signed a petition protesting the deployment.
Some antiwar sailors took matters into their own hands. By 1971 acts of sabotage by crew members against their own ships became a serious problem in the Navy. Figures supplied to the House Internal Security Committee investigation of subversion within the military listed 488 acts of “damage or attempted damage” in the Navy during fiscal year 1971, including 191 incidents of sabotage, 135 arson attacks, and 162 episodes of “wrongful destruction.” The House Armed Services Subcommittee investigating disciplinary problems in the Navy disclosed “an alarming frequency of successful acts of sabotage and apparent sabotage on a wide variety of ships and stations.”
Two major incidents occurred in July 1972 that had significant impact on the Navy’s ability to carry out its mission. A fire aboard the carrier U.S.S. Forrestal based in Norfolk burned the admiral’s quarters and extensively damaged the ship’s radar communication system, resulting in more than $7 million in damage. It was the largest single act of sabotage in naval history. Later that month sabotage struck the carrier U.S.S. Ranger based in California. A few days before the ship’s scheduled departure for Vietnam, a paint scraper and two 12-inch bolts were dropped into one of the ship’s engine reduction gears. This caused major damage and a three and a half month delay in the ship’s sailing,” according to reports.
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Posted by Lynda Carson
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Antiwar Resistance Within the Military During the Vietnam War
By David Cortright
October 17, 2017
https://www.vietnampeace.org/blog/antiwar-resistance-within-the-military-during-the-vietnam-war
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Resistance To The War & The Military By Sailors In The Early 70s:
In addition to sailors from the USS Midway being against the war and the military, reportedly, sailors from various other naval ships were against the war; “As the withdrawal of U.S. ground forces accelerated in 1971, the Nixon administration compensated for diminished firepower on the ground with intensified bombing attacks from the air. As sailors and airmen were ordered to participate in this onslaught, morale dropped and antiwar protest and resistance increased. The number of GI antiwar papers in the Navy and Air Force increased sharply after 1970. Organized antiwar protest began to emerge aboard several aircraft carriers. In 1971 junior officers and enlisted sailors aboard the U.S.S. Constellation based in San Diego organized an informal referendum against the ship’s scheduled deployment to Vietnam. Thousands of military service members in the area participated in the ballot and ‘voted’ for the Connie to stay home. A similar movement emerged in November 1971 in the San Francisco Bay Area to protest the sailing of the U.S.S Coral Sea from Alameda Naval Station. Approximately 1,200 sailors, one quarter of the crew, signed a petition protesting the deployment.
Some antiwar sailors took matters into their own hands. By 1971 acts of sabotage by crew members against their own ships became a serious problem in the Navy. Figures supplied to the House Internal Security Committee investigation of subversion within the military listed 488 acts of “damage or attempted damage” in the Navy during fiscal year 1971, including 191 incidents of sabotage, 135 arson attacks, and 162 episodes of “wrongful destruction.” The House Armed Services Subcommittee investigating disciplinary problems in the Navy disclosed “an alarming frequency of successful acts of sabotage and apparent sabotage on a wide variety of ships and stations.”
Two major incidents occurred in July 1972 that had significant impact on the Navy’s ability to carry out its mission. A fire aboard the carrier U.S.S. Forrestal based in Norfolk burned the admiral’s quarters and extensively damaged the ship’s radar communication system, resulting in more than $7 million in damage. It was the largest single act of sabotage in naval history. Later that month sabotage struck the carrier U.S.S. Ranger based in California. A few days before the ship’s scheduled departure for Vietnam, a paint scraper and two 12-inch bolts were dropped into one of the ship’s engine reduction gears. This caused major damage and a three and a half month delay in the ship’s sailing,” according to reports.
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Trump claims USS Gerald Ford was under attack from 17 directions
By Lynda Carson - March 31, 2026
During a speech at a Saudi investment forum in Miami last Friday, the convicted felon President Donald J. Trump claimed that the USS Gerald R. Ford was being struck “from 17 different directions,” while under attack by Iranians.
This is in contradiction to the original reports that a fire aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford happened in a laundry room, and is under investigation because it may have been sabotage done by a crewmember of the ship.
The USS Gerald Ford went to Souda Bay, Crete, for repairs, but quickly left because of protests at Souda Bay, and went to Split, Croatia, instead for repairs to the ship.
See a few links, and reports below...
Lynda Carson
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Trump: Iran Targeted USS Gerald R. Ford from 17 Directions
28 March 20261:44 PM
https://wanaen.com/trump-iran-targeted-uss-gerald-r-ford-from-17-directions/
WANA (Mar 28) – Donald Trump, the President of the United States, provided further details during a speech at a Saudi investment forum in Miami about what he described as the targeting of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford.
Trump described the moments leading up to the incident, stating that around 1:00 a.m., a very fast aircraft was taking off from the carrier’s deck every 32 seconds. He characterized the situation as unusual and said it became clear they were facing a serious situation.
According to Trump, shortly after these movements, the attack began, with the vessel being struck “from 17 different directions.” He emphasized that forces were prepared, but the intensity of the attack quickly escalated the situation.
Previously, the Pentagon had attributed the carrier’s malfunction to a fire in the laundry area, stressing that the incident was unrelated to any external conflict.
Meanwhile, The New York Times, citing military sources, reported that the fire lasted more than 30 hours and led to dozens of crew members suffering from smoke inhalation.
According to these reports, conditions for the crew aboard the $13 billion, 100,000-ton vessel—deployed in the region amid tensions with Iran—have been described as challenging and “far from ideal.”

WANA
WANA News Agency
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'We Had To Run To Save Our Lives': Trump Claims Iranian Attack On US Aircraft Carrier From ‘17 Angles’
Curated By :
Anushka Vats
News18.com
Last Updated:March 28, 2026, 21:09 IST
https://www.news18.com/world/we-had-to-run-to-save-our-lives-trump-claims-iranian-attack-on-uss-ford-from-17-angles-ws-l-10002955.html
Donald Trump claims Iran attacked USS Gerald R Ford from 17 angles, but Pentagon dismisses his account, citing no evidence amid the West Asia crisis.
Amid the ongoing West Asia crisis, US President Donald Trump said that Iran launched an attack on the USS Gerald R Ford, a claim that was later dismissed by the Pentagon.
Trump had earlier alleged that the aircraft carrier was targeted in a coordinated attack by Iran, describing it as a serious military episode. He claimed that missiles were launched from multiple directions at the vessel, raising concerns about Tehran’s capabilities, according to a report by National Herald.
“Iran hit the world’s largest aircraft carrier from 17 angles. We had to run to save our lives—it was all over," he said.
However, officials at the Pentagon have dismissed the assertion, saying there is no evidence of any attack on the carrier. The response aims to counter the claim and prevent confusion over the situation.
A US defence official has dismissed claims that Iran launched a missile strike on the USS Gerald R Ford, stating that no such attack took place.
According to officials, the incident mentioned by Trump was actually an onboard fire, believed to have been caused by an electrical or mechanical fault in the ship’s laundry area.
The blaze reportedly continued for nearly 30 hours, affecting normal operations and forcing several sailors to move to different sections of the vessel.
Two crew members suffered minor injuries, while others received treatment for smoke inhalation, officials said.
The Pentagon maintained that the aircraft carrier remains “fully mission capable" and stressed that the incident had no connection to any combat activity, according to the outlet.
Following the fire, the USS Gerald R. Ford has been relocated to Souda Bay in Greece, where it is undergoing repairs.
The clarification comes at a time of rising tensions in West Asia, involving the United States, Israel and Iran.

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By Lynda Carson - March 31, 2026
During a speech at a Saudi investment forum in Miami last Friday, the convicted felon President Donald J. Trump claimed that the USS Gerald R. Ford was being struck “from 17 different directions,” while under attack by Iranians.
This is in contradiction to the original reports that a fire aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford happened in a laundry room, and is under investigation because it may have been sabotage done by a crewmember of the ship.
The USS Gerald Ford went to Souda Bay, Crete, for repairs, but quickly left because of protests at Souda Bay, and went to Split, Croatia, instead for repairs to the ship.
See a few links, and reports below...
Lynda Carson
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Trump: Iran Targeted USS Gerald R. Ford from 17 Directions
28 March 20261:44 PM
https://wanaen.com/trump-iran-targeted-uss-gerald-r-ford-from-17-directions/
WANA (Mar 28) – Donald Trump, the President of the United States, provided further details during a speech at a Saudi investment forum in Miami about what he described as the targeting of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford.
Trump described the moments leading up to the incident, stating that around 1:00 a.m., a very fast aircraft was taking off from the carrier’s deck every 32 seconds. He characterized the situation as unusual and said it became clear they were facing a serious situation.
According to Trump, shortly after these movements, the attack began, with the vessel being struck “from 17 different directions.” He emphasized that forces were prepared, but the intensity of the attack quickly escalated the situation.
Previously, the Pentagon had attributed the carrier’s malfunction to a fire in the laundry area, stressing that the incident was unrelated to any external conflict.
Meanwhile, The New York Times, citing military sources, reported that the fire lasted more than 30 hours and led to dozens of crew members suffering from smoke inhalation.
According to these reports, conditions for the crew aboard the $13 billion, 100,000-ton vessel—deployed in the region amid tensions with Iran—have been described as challenging and “far from ideal.”

WANA
WANA News Agency
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'We Had To Run To Save Our Lives': Trump Claims Iranian Attack On US Aircraft Carrier From ‘17 Angles’
Curated By :
Anushka Vats
News18.com
Last Updated:March 28, 2026, 21:09 IST
https://www.news18.com/world/we-had-to-run-to-save-our-lives-trump-claims-iranian-attack-on-uss-ford-from-17-angles-ws-l-10002955.html
Donald Trump claims Iran attacked USS Gerald R Ford from 17 angles, but Pentagon dismisses his account, citing no evidence amid the West Asia crisis.
Amid the ongoing West Asia crisis, US President Donald Trump said that Iran launched an attack on the USS Gerald R Ford, a claim that was later dismissed by the Pentagon.
Trump had earlier alleged that the aircraft carrier was targeted in a coordinated attack by Iran, describing it as a serious military episode. He claimed that missiles were launched from multiple directions at the vessel, raising concerns about Tehran’s capabilities, according to a report by National Herald.
“Iran hit the world’s largest aircraft carrier from 17 angles. We had to run to save our lives—it was all over," he said.
However, officials at the Pentagon have dismissed the assertion, saying there is no evidence of any attack on the carrier. The response aims to counter the claim and prevent confusion over the situation.
A US defence official has dismissed claims that Iran launched a missile strike on the USS Gerald R Ford, stating that no such attack took place.
According to officials, the incident mentioned by Trump was actually an onboard fire, believed to have been caused by an electrical or mechanical fault in the ship’s laundry area.
The blaze reportedly continued for nearly 30 hours, affecting normal operations and forcing several sailors to move to different sections of the vessel.
Two crew members suffered minor injuries, while others received treatment for smoke inhalation, officials said.
The Pentagon maintained that the aircraft carrier remains “fully mission capable" and stressed that the incident had no connection to any combat activity, according to the outlet.
Following the fire, the USS Gerald R. Ford has been relocated to Souda Bay in Greece, where it is undergoing repairs.
The clarification comes at a time of rising tensions in West Asia, involving the United States, Israel and Iran.

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