In Arizona, firefighters managed to control about 80 percent of a fire in the Coconino National Forest that spread through 7,700 acres, officials said.
Around 2 a.m., fire chiefs determined that the fire was contained in one spot and that fewer firefighters could manage it.
Although in flames and badly damaged, firefighters managed to save the hull.
Several hundred firefighters managed to contain the fire to one section of the vast structure, which has been a home of British monarchs for more than 850 years.
But he said he was amazed at how much the firefighters who descended on the street Thursday night had managed to save.
The resulting fire engulfed a structure attached to the plant and an outlying building on the property, but firefighters managed to keep it from spreading further.
In 1995, and again in 2001, there was a fire in one of the cabins but the ship's own firefighters managed to put it out.
America's firefighters soon managed to quell the blaze, and the ship secured from battle stations at 23:16.
There were no injuries, and firefighters managed to control the blaze and kept it from spreading to other parts of the school.
Several Buildings Saved Officials said two houses and three to five summer cabins were destroyed, but firefighters managed to save at least eight other structures.