{"id":69264,"date":"2026-03-18T00:54:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T05:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/18\/fire-damage-clogged-toilets-and-sinking-morale-uss-gerald-r-ford-to-set-sails-for-repairs-in-crete\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T00:54:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T05:54:52","slug":"fire-damage-clogged-toilets-and-sinking-morale-uss-gerald-r-ford-to-set-sails-for-repairs-in-crete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/18\/fire-damage-clogged-toilets-and-sinking-morale-uss-gerald-r-ford-to-set-sails-for-repairs-in-crete\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire damage, clogged toilets, and sinking morale: USS Gerald R Ford to set sails for repairs in Crete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aircraft carrier has been participating in strikes on Iran, after previously taking part in the operation to seize Venezuela\u2019s president Nicol\u00e1s Maduro<\/p>\n<p>A fire onboard the USS Gerald R Ford, injuring sailors and destroying 100 beds, is the latest mishap to plague the world\u2019s largest aircraft carrier on a marathon deployment some argue has sapped crew morale.<\/p>\n<p>At sea for almost nine months, and currently stationed in the Red Sea to support the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/us-israel-war-on-iran\">war on Iran<\/a>, the carrier will reportedly set sail for Crete for repairs.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/18\/onboard-fire-uss-gerald-ford-aircraft-carrier\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aircraft carrier has been participating in strikes on Iran, after previously taking part in the operation to seize Venezuela\u2019s president Nicol\u00e1s Maduro A fire onboard the USS Gerald R Ford, injuring sailors and destroying 100 beds, is the latest mishap to plague the world\u2019s largest aircraft carrier on a marathon deployment some argue has sapped &#8230; <a title=\"Fire damage, clogged toilets, and sinking morale: USS Gerald R Ford to set sails for repairs in Crete\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/18\/fire-damage-clogged-toilets-and-sinking-morale-uss-gerald-r-ford-to-set-sails-for-repairs-in-crete\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Fire damage, clogged toilets, and sinking morale: USS Gerald R Ford to set sails for repairs in Crete\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}