Massive Navy search-and-rescue operation continues for missing sailor off North Carolina
Source: Navy Times
A massive search effort off the coast of North Carolina continues Sunday for a sailor from the dock landing ship Carter Hall is missing and presumed to have fallen overboard Saturday on a training mission off the coast of North Carolina.
The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower has assumed the lead role in the search effort, Navy officials said. Carrier Strike Group 4 head Rear Adm. Bruce Lindsey has taken over as on-scene commander for the search.
The ship commenced the search after a female third-class petty officer was discovered missing Saturday at about 4:20 p.m., according to an early internal Navy report obtained by Navy Times.
"The ship was conducting training operations off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina," said Navy spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Tim Hawkins. "The ship immediately launched a helicopter to begin search-and-rescue operations.
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Sailors don't usually just fall off ships.
There's probably more to this story.
Demonaut
(8,914 posts)but sometimes it's suicide too
being stationed on a ship is like being in jail with a chance of drowning...old navy joke
yourpaljoey
(2,166 posts)mnhtnbb
(31,371 posts)yourpaljoey
(2,166 posts)Certainly not a method of suicide I would ever consider
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)imho. But perhaps.
It's tough for guys, and now women get to share in that as well.
I wish her luck.
hack89
(39,171 posts)olddad56
(5,732 posts)guessing based on my 4 years in the Navy, they might want to look into that angle.