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2026年2月26日，美国海军航空母舰“杰拉尔德·R·福特”号（USS Gerald R. Ford）驶离克里特岛的苏达湾。
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美国官员表示，在该舰洗衣区上周发生火灾后，美国海军最先进的航空母舰“杰拉尔德·R·福特”号正撤离与伊朗战争相关的行动，前往美国海军在克里特岛的基地进行维修。
在针对伊朗的军事行动仍全面展开之际，这艘海军最先进的航空母舰开始移动，尤其是美国正寻求减少伊朗对霍尔木兹海峡航运威胁的方法。该航母一直作为美国战斗机参与此次行动的前沿平台。
美国军方当时表示，3月12日的火灾与战斗无关。两名水手因非致命性伤害接受了治疗，目前情况稳定。
美国官方称，正在红海航行的“福特”号将在克里特岛的苏达湾“短暂停留进行维修”，此次维修将确定哪些问题可立即修复，哪些可能需要在部署结束返回母港后再处理。福特航母打击群的其他舰艇将留在该地区，不会前往苏达湾与福特号会合。
美国海军学会新闻网（USNI News）率先报道了“福特”号前往苏达湾维修的消息。
五角大楼尚未立即回应置评请求。
美国参谋长联席会议主席丹·凯恩将军周五表示，五角大楼已了解“福特”号上发生火灾一事。
“我们非常关心在火灾中受伤的舰员，”凯恩在五角大楼新闻发布会上表示，“我们相信并希望所有人都平安无事，对此我们深表感激。”
“福特”号是美国海军最先进的航空母舰，已部署数月，最初前往加勒比海地区，作为美国军方在与委内瑞拉紧张局势升级期间的区域增兵行动的一部分。2月，总统唐纳德·特朗普宣布派遣该航母打击群前往中东，以加大对伊朗的施压力度。
该打击群于2月底进入地中海。“亚伯拉罕·林肯”号航母打击群也已部署在该地区。
美国海军学会新闻网称，如果“福特”号航母持续部署至4月中旬，它可能打破越南战争后航母最长部署时间的纪录。根据美国南方司令部的数据，该航母于2025年6月24日离开母港前往加勒比海部署。
上周的火灾之前曾有报道称该航母存在持续的管道问题，但海军表示这些问题对航母的日常运作没有影响。
《纽约时报》本周报道称，灭火工作耗时超过30小时，约600名舰员失去了床位。不过美国官方指出，此次应对火灾的整个过程（包括灭火、清理水损或灭火所用的其他物质，以及确保无复燃风险）共耗时30小时，而非火灾本身持续燃烧了30小时。
官方还表示，火灾导致略超过100张床铺受损，因为部分睡眠区域与洗衣区相邻。但他们承认，约600名水手因睡眠区域或床铺受到影响而被迫撤离。这种撤离可能是因为其床铺直接受损——部分舰员的床铺为轮班制共用——也可能是整个舱室因烟雾或部分床铺的水损被认定为不适宜居住。
福特航母打击群由航母及其舰载航空联队，以及阿利·伯克级导弹驱逐舰“马汉”号（USS Mahan）、“班布里奇”号（USS Bainbridge）和“温斯顿·S·丘吉尔”号（USS Winston S. Churchill）组成。
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US aircraft carrier moves away from Iran war for repairs after fire
2026-03-18T19:36:46.374Z / CNN
By [Haley Britzky]
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PUBLISHED Mar 18, 2026, 3:36 PM ET
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The US Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford departs Souda Bay on the island of Crete on February 26, 2026.
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The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier is moving away from operations tied to the Iran war and sailing to the US Navy’s base in Crete for repairs after a fire broke out in the ship’s laundry area last week, a US official said.
The movement of the Navy’s most advanced aircraft carrier comes as military operations against Iran are still in full swing, particularly as the US is seeking ways to reduce Iran’s threat to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. The carrier has served as a ready platform for American fighter jets to participate in the campaign.
The fire on March 12 was not combat-related, the US military said at the time. Two sailors received medical treatment for non-life-threatening injuries and were in stable condition.
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The US official said the Ford, which was sailing in the Red Sea, would be at Souda Bay in Crete “for a brief period to conduct repairs,” which would determine what can be fixed immediately and what may need to be fixed when the ship goes back to its home port after its deployment. The other ships within the Ford Carrier Strike Group are remaining where they are in the region and not joining the Ford at Souda Bay.
USNI News first reported that the Ford was heading to Souda Bay for repairs.
The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine said Friday that the Pentagon was aware of the fire on board the Ford.
“We’re thinking about the crew there who were injured in the fire,” Caine said during a Pentagon press briefing. “We believe and hope that everyone will be OK and we’re grateful for that.”
The Ford — the Navy’s most advanced aircraft carrier — has been deployed for months, first [to the Caribbean] as part of the US military’s buildup in the region amid heightened tensions with Venezuela. In February, President Donald Trump said he was sending the carrier strike group to the Middle East in a move to apply more pressure on Iran.
The strike group entered the Mediterranean Sea in late February. The USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group has also been deployed in the region.
The Ford could break a record for the longest carrier deployment post-Vietnam if it remains deployed through mid-April, according to USNI News. It left for deployment to the Caribbean on June 24, 2025, according to US Southern Command.
The fire last week followed reports of consistent plumbing issues aboard the carrier, though the Navy said those issues had no impact on the carrier’s operations.
The New York Times [reported this week] that it took more than 30 hours to put out the fire, and that 600 crew members lost their beds. The US official said, however, that the entire effort in responding to the fire took 30 hours — putting out the fire, cleaning up water damage or other substances used to put out the fire, and ensuring there were no flare-ups — not that the fire itself burned for 30 hours.
The official also said that slightly more than 100 beds were damaged in the fire, as some sleeping areas are adjacent to the laundry area. But they acknowledged roughly 600 sailors total were displaced from their sleeping areas or bunks. Displacement could happen because their bed specifically was impacted — beds are sometimes shared by service members who are on opposite shifts — or because the entire space is deemed uninhabitable because of smoke or water damage to some of the beds.
The Ford strike group consists of the carrier and its carrier air wing, as well as Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers the USS Mahan, USS Bainbridge, and the USS Winston S. Churchill.
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