Search for Missing USS Hopper Sailor Concludes
Navy NewsStand
Story Number: NNS080104-04
Release Date: 1/4/2008 7:57:00 AM
From Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/ 5th Fleet Public Affairs
MANAMA, Bahrain (NNS) -- The search to locate a Sailor discovered missing from USS Hopper (DDG 70) was called off at 2:05 p.m. local time after 30 hours of extensive searching.
The Sailor was reported missing Jan. 3 at approximately 7:30 a.m. local time while Hopper was conducting Maritime Security Operations (MSO) in the Arabian Sea.
A "man overboard" was immediately called and air and surface forces from the Hopper, USS Port Royal (CG-73) and USS Ingraham (FFG-61) began conducting Search and Rescue operations in the Arabian Sea.
The Sailor was last seen at approximately 4:30 a.m. Jan. 3.
The name of the Sailor is being withheld.
No further details are immediately available.
Hopper is forward deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of MSO.
For more news from Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Commander, U.S. 5th Fleet, visit www.navy.mil/local/cusnc/.
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