The Navy declared a fire aboard the amphibious transport dock USS New Orleans extinguished following a 12-hour battle Wednesday night off the coast of Okinawa, Japan. U.S. 7th Fleet officials said the fire began at 4 p.m. Wednesday afternoon while the ship was anchored off the White Beach Naval Facility.

Sailors from the USS New Orleans and USS San Diego battled the blaze with help from Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force and Coast Guard.

The fire that broke out aboard the US Navy amphibious warship USS New Orleans off the coast of Japan has been put out after hours, a defense official told Business Insider. Navy sailors from the New Orleans and supporting USS San Diego had been battling the blaze since Wednesday evening local time.