Enterprise Rescues Overboard Sailor
Navy News Service
Story Number: NNS110419-03
4/19/2011
From USS Enterprise Public Affairs
USS ENTERPRISE, At Sea (NNS) -- USS Enterprise (CVN 65) successfully recovered one of its Sailors who went overboard, April 18 at 9 p.m. local time, while the ship was operating in the Arabian Gulf.
The Sailor was recovered in approximately 30 minutes by a SH-60F helicopter from Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron (HS) 11, assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1. A Rigid Hulled Inflatable Boat from Enterprise and a SH-60B Seahawk helicopter from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 48 from USS Leyte Gulf assisted in the search and rescue efforts.
The Sailor was not injured and has been in contact with family members.
Due to privacy considerations, the Sailor's identity will not be released.
The incident is under investigation.
Enterprise and CVW 1 are in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility on a routine deployment supporting Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation New Dawn, and maritime security operations.
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